๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ: ๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐?
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigates criminal activity including document fraud, financial crime, transnational criminal networks, money laundering and human trafficking.
And this morning, HSI executed a federal search warrant at Ilhan Omarโs home.
Not the FBI. HSI.
Now consider some of the stories surrounding Omar over the past several years.
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
Longstanding allegations involving her familyโs immigration history and past marriage. Todayโs investigation reportedly centers on paperwork completed by her late father.
๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
Her husbandโs California winery, eStCru, was listed at $1Mโ$5M on a congressional financial disclosure. Following questions about its operations and finances, an amended disclosure listed it as having no value. The company subsequently filed for termination.
๐ง๐๐ $๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
In February, House Oversight demanded financial records from her husbandโs winery and venture-capital firm after their combined disclosed values jumped from no more than $51,000 to as much as $30 million.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐
The massive Minnesota pandemic-benefits fraud scandal. An FBI-led investigation that has also generated political scrutiny of Omarโs connections and legislative actions. No criminal involvement by Omar has been established.
๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
A 2019 Minnesota investigation produced formal findings involving improper campaign expenditures, including immigration-related legal expenses and tax-return issues.
Now HSI is executing a criminal search warrant.
We donโt know whether any of these older controversies are part of the current investigation. And a search warrant is not a conviction.
But HSIโs jurisdiction extends well beyond deportations.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐โ๐บ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ?