Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) returned to Capitol Hill with other lawmakers this week after the midterm elections that gave her party control over both houses of Congress, and she brought her lawyers.
The ethically-challenged “Squad” member easily won her reelection bid despite being dogged by scandals and potentially facing deportation back to her native Somalia if it is proven that she fraudulently obtained her U.S. citizenship.
On Tuesday, Fox News reporters on the Omar beat spotted a pair of attorneys departing from the congresswoman’s Washington, D.C., office after huddling with her for around two hours.
Rep. Ilhan Omar brings a high-powered legal team to Capitol Hill on her first day back in Congress after two federal investigations were opened into her immigration status and financial filings.
Fox News spotted attorneys Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz exiting Omar’s office after what appeared to be a roughly two-hour meeting with the congresswoman. When asked about the ongoing probes, Omar told Fox News she is not concerned the investigations could derail her congressional duties.
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According to the conservative news outlet, “Omar hired two high-profile attorneys, Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, both of whom are partners at Heckler Fink LLP, amid dueling investigations.”
As they were departing from Omar’s office, the lawyers were asked about their confidence in their client’s defense against the feds and about the news that the Biden regime had first investigated her, a blow to her claims that she was being unfairly targeted by President Donald J. Trump’s administration.
“They remained silent,” according to Fox News.
Last month, Omar’s Washington, D.C., home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents as part of what the Justice Department said was an “ongoing federal criminal investigation.”
She recently told MS NOW fanboy Chris Hayes that she feared for her safety after the raid and that she and her family were forced to live elsewhere.
“Obviously I can’t continue to live there,” she said. “So I’m gonna have to figure out where…where to move to…”
About an hour after the lawyers left, Omar and her husband Tim Mynett also departed, with the Fox News reporter asking her whether she was concerned that the federal investigations would impact her ability to represent her constituents.
Last Tuesday, voters ignored the stink of Omar’s scandals to reward her with a fifth term. Much of her support comes from her district’s huge Somali community, which has earned Minneapolis the nickname of “Little Mogadishu.”
“Thank you, Minnesota! I’m incredibly honored to continue to represent you in the People’s House with a resounding mandate. We will not allow Trump to silence us,” Omar wrote in an election night post to X after her overwhelming victory.
It was the first time that the hijab-swaddled lawmaker was seen on Capitol Hill since news of the investigations broke.
“They keep talking about deportation, no, she could go to jail,” Trump said from the Oval Office last month, adding, “This is just my opinion — I think she’s a sick, very dishonest person who hates our country, and she comes from a country that essentially is not even a country.”
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