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Investigators seized 17 items, including phones and a children's book, in a warrant search of Omar's home, and Omar says she will move out.
Homeland Security investigators searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home under a warrant and seized 17 items, including phones and a children's book. The search represents a new step in the ongoing investigation, following earlier warrant activity at the residence.
Omar said she will move out of the home. She also said she is confident she did nothing wrong.
Omar described the agents as intrusive but polite, and said they returned the items to their places after the search. Her account is the only description of the search's conduct in the available facts, and the available facts do not include a statement from investigators about how the search was carried out or why each item was taken.
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Omar Describes Agents as Intrusive But Polite During Search
Omar says the agents were intrusive but polite and returned items to their places after the search. She has said she is confident she did nothing wrong and will move out of the Washington home. Her statements describe how the search was conducted, while the seizure of 17 items, including phones and a children's book, is the outcome the warrant execution produced.
Warrant Search Yields 17 Seized Items From Congressional Member's Home
A search executed under a warrant is a formal investigative step, and investigators removed 17 items, including phones and a children's book, from the home. The available facts do not specify why each item was selected or how it will be used. Omar's account that items were returned to their places bears on how the search was handled, while no public statement from investigators describing the seizure is included in the reporting.