Federal agents searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home on Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

The search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents, said the people, who were not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. More details about the investigation were not immediately clear.

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    2 hours ago

    Criminal investigation in both ways, of course, no matter how legit the warrant looks on paper right now.

    They’re committing crimes in an effort to undermine the reelection campaign of one of the most principled, ideologically consistent, popular, and brave politicians the country has ever seen on a federal level.