Obama condemns federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar as politically motivated while new details emerge about the raid's origins

Former President Barack Obama publicly criticized the Trump administration's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), calling it politically motivated retaliation and saying it should outrage all Americans. Homeland Security Investigations raided Omar's Washington, D.C. home on October 12, 2026, seizing her phone, passport, notebooks, and computers as part of an immigration fraud inquiry. The New York Times reported that text messages found on the phone of Omar's sister, Sahra Noor, which was seized earlier in the year, were used to obtain the search warrant.