PoliticsWhy has the search of Ilhan Omar’s home before the US midterms caused controversy?

Federal agents searched Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s Washington, DC home under a court-authorised warrant as part of an ongoing federal investigation. A source said it involved alleged immigration fraud. Omar called the search an attempt to “weaponise federal law enforcement”, while Democrats questioned its timing, three weeks before the midterm elections.

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