Federal agents reportedly collect DNA from rubbish before raiding Ilhan Omar’s home

Federal agents reportedly searched Ilhan Omar’s rubbish for DNA shortly before raiding her home, as part of an investigation whose scope remains unclear. The reported search and seizure of personal devices mark a significant escalation in a federal probe involving the Minnesota congresswoman and members of her family.

The article says investigators took Omar’s phone, notebooks, computers and passport, and that a judge approved the raid after reviewing messages from her sister, whose phone had been seized earlier. The investigation is reported to involve immigration fraud allegations, including claims concerning Omar’s father and a past marriage; these claims have not been established in the article. Sources say more than a dozen other raids took place and evidence may be presented to a grand jury.