Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home on Oct 12 in an ongoing criminal investigation. Will the DOJ charge her with a federal crime by Nov 3?
50% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 8 predictions cast.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., had not been charged with any federal crime as of November 3, despite an active Justice Department investigation into her immigration history. Federal agents searched her Washington-area home on October 12, seizing her phone, notebooks and a personal computer, and prosecutors issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in Minnesota, including to family members, according to reporting from NBC News and the Associated Press. The inquiry centers on allegations that Omar committed immigration fraud through her marriage to Ahmed Elmi, whom critics allege is her brother, and made false statements on government paperwork; a separate review of her financial disclosures was also underway.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said DHS had referred a "large case" involving multiple people to the Justice Department, and prosecutors told a court the investigation of Omar and "other individuals" remained active, with no charging decision announced. Omar denied wrongdoing and called the probe a politically motivated abuse of power; more than 170 House Democrats urged the department to drop it. She won a fifth term in Congress on November 3 with the investigation still unresolved.
The community was evenly split at 50%, and the no-charges outcome matched half of predictors' expectations.