Trump DOJ Faces Scrutiny After Omar Home Search in Washington

Federal officers searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, DC-area home on Monday as part of a Department of Justice investigation, bringing renewed attention to the Trump administration's legal actions involving Democratic members of Congress. Homeland Security Investigations investigators carried out the search with a judicially authorized warrant.

According to the Department of Justice, the operation was connected to an ongoing federal investigation involving Omar's immigration paperwork. Fox News Digital reported that the inquiry centers on paperwork completed by Omar's late father when she was a child.

The search is part of a broader pattern of legal actions involving lawmakers during Trump's current administration, according to CNN's analysis. The report said Trump has pardoned nine of the last 11 Republican members of Congress convicted of federal crimes.

The pardoned former Republican lawmakers listed in the report include George Santos, Chris Collins, Michael Grimm, Steve Buyer, Robin Hayes, Duncan Hunter, Steve Stockman, Rick Renzi and Mark Siljander. The report noted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and former Rep. David Rivera were the only Republican members convicted since 2010 who were not pardoned.

CNN reported that the Justice Department has secured indictments against two Democratic members of Congress, including Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Rep. LaMonica McIver. Cherfilus-McCormick has pleaded not guilty, while McIver is accused of assaulting immigration agents during a confrontation at a migrant detention center.

The report also identified several Democratic lawmakers who faced unsuccessful indictment efforts or investigative steps. Those included Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Chrissy Houlahan and Maggie Goodlander, as well as Omar and other Democratic officials.

CNN reported that Trump has pardoned two former Democratic members of Congress, including former Rep. and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Rep. Henry Cuellar. The report said Blagojevich had appeared on Trump's reality show The Apprentice and later became a Trump ally.

The Justice Department has also stepped back from some previously existing investigations involving Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Andy Ogles, former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry and, according to a ProPublica report cited by CNN, Sen. Susan Collins.