Ilhan Omar Phone Seized

Federal agents seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone, passport, computers and notebooks during a court-authorized search of her Washington home. The criminal investigation is examining possible fraud or false statements in her family’s immigration paperwork, including whether her age was misstated when she became a citizen in 2000. That age matters because Omar says she was 17 and received citizenship through her father; at 18, she would have needed her own naturalization process. Omar denies wrongdoing and says the case targets political opponents. Investigators have issued more than a dozen grand-jury subpoenas, and a judge limited access to legislative materials. A separate financial-disclosure review is ongoing.