Obama Defends Omar in Citizenship Probe, Citing Her Arrival at Age 12

Q: What specific evidence prompted federal agents to execute a rare search warrant over historical immigration filings?

No specific piece of public evidence has been disclosed. The reporting indicates the search warrant was driven by a broader criminal inquiry built on sealed materials, including whistleblower complaints, historical immigration records, witness testimony and grand jury subpoenas, but the government has not released the affidavit or identified the decisive proof. What has been described publicly is the theory investigators are testing: whether Omar or her late father made a material false statement in immigration paperwork about her age when her father naturalized. If she was 17, she could have derived citizenship through him; if she was already 18, she likely would have needed a separate application. Several outlets also reported scrutiny of discrepancies in old records, including past references to a 1981 birth year rather than 1982. Additional reporting says investigators had gathered more than a dozen subpoenas, including to relatives, and in at least one account pursued DNA from discarded trash, suggesting the inquiry had expanded beyond a simple paperwork review. But none of that, on its own, has been presented publicly as the single trigger for the warrant. So the short answer is that the exact evidence prompting the rare search remains unknown because the warrant materials are sealed; the clearest publicly reported basis is suspected material misrepresentation in historical immigration filings, especially concerning Omar’s age at the time of citizenship.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 18

Barack Obama said the Trump administration is using federal power against Rep. Ilhan Omar, arguing investigators are trying to strip her citizenship and deport her over criticism of President Donald Trump.
Obama said Omar entered the U.S. at 12 and automatically became a citizen at 17 when her father was naturalized, rejecting what he called an unsubstantiated theory that she was 18 and had to apply separately.
The defense came after federal agents searched Omar’s Washington home in a criminal investigation into whether she or her father committed fraud on immigration paperwork decades ago; Omar denies the allegations.
Trump has denied directing the case, saying it is up to the Justice Department, while Obama cast the investigation as part of a broader pattern of targeting perceived political opponents.