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Obama rips 'appalling' federal investigation into Ilhan Omar

Obama framed the circumstances as political retribution for Omar's criticism of President Donald Trump and compared it to past indictments.

Sources (3)+1 copy· Oct 18, 5:58 PM to Oct 18, 8:20 PM

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Live updates: Obama condemns Omar investigation; Ukraine attacks St Petersburg oil depotFormer President Obama has weighed in on the federal government’s criminal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over accusations of immigration fraud, accusing the Trump administration of targeting its political opponents. His remarks come nearly a week after federal agents raided Omar’s Washington, D.C., home and seized her phone as part of a…

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Rep. Ilhan Omar demands return of seized items; family texts may be under reviewFamily text messages are among the information that federal officials are reviewing as they continue their investigation into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, which came into public view this week with the federal raid of her Washington, D.C., home, according to anonymous sources who spoke to the New York Times. The messages came from a phone that belonged to one…

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