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By Billal Rahman
Immigration Reporter
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A search warrant involving U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar remains only partially executed and extends to “other individuals,” The the Justice Department has told a federal court.
The details were disclosed in a redacted 47-page document opposing news outlets' request to unseal records on Homeland Security Investigations agents' search of the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington home about 6:05 a.m. on October 12.
The filing on Tuesday said “the United States expects that the warrant will be fully executed in short order.”
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Prosecutors also asked for advance notice if the court decides to unseal the records, saying the affidavit is "chock full of privacy interests" and signaling it could file an emergency motion to halt that order pending appeal.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche signed off the warrant and "confirmed that the warrant’s timing did not have “the purpose of affecting any election” or “of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political party," the filing said.
Omar has long faced unproven allegations that her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and that their marriage was intended to obtain immigration benefits.
Omar has repeatedly denied the allegations, and her attorney has called the investigation "politically motivated."
This is a developing story; more to follow.
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