Federal agents raid Ilhan Omar's home, seize phone in citizenship probe

US federal agents searched congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Washington home as part of a criminal investigation into her immigration records and US citizenship.

• Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar's home in Washington on 12 October, seizing her cellphone, passport, personal computers and notebooks.
• Investigators have issued more than a dozen subpoenas to members of Omar's family to testify before a grand jury in Minnesota.
• US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is investigating Omar's financial disclosures alongside several other ongoing probes.
• Omar said the raid sought to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement, and that she would not be silenced.