Ilhan Omar’s lawyers demand the return of property seized in house raid

Omar’s legal team says the search violated safeguards designed to protect constitutional rights of members of Congress.Published On 17 Oct 202617 Oct 2026Lawyers for Democratic United States Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota have demanded the return of property seized in a federal raid of her Washington, DC home, accusing the US Department of Justice of conducting a politically motivated investigation and failing to follow judicial instructions during the search.“The political motivations behind this pre-election investigation and search are clear as day,” Omar’s lawyers wrote in a letter sent to federal prosecutors on Friday and obtained by The Associated Press news agency. “This search was neither justified nor lawful.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ilhan Omar says she ‘will not be silenced’ after US agents raid her homelist 2 of 3Why has search of Ilhan Omar’s home before US midterms caused controversy?list 3 of 3Trump administration seeks to strip Ilhan Omar of US citizenship: WSJend of listIn the letter, Omar’s lawyers, Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, challenged an investigation into her immigration history, saying there was “no legitimate basis for any sugge...