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Omar Under Federal Probe, Dems Get SHY

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Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI showed up at Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home early on Oct. 12, the NY Post and Fox News report. Two probes are reportedly underway: one on alleged immigration fraud, one on her financial disclosures. Nobody has been charged, and a Justice Department filing says a charging decision hasn't been made yet.

Now Chief Judge James Boasberg is weighing whether to unseal the warrant, with the New York Times, Judicial Watch and 14 press organizations asking. The DOJ says unsealing could compromise the investigation, and Boasberg gave them more time. Omar's attorneys say agents never handed over a copy of the warrant.

When a neighbor of mine got audited, the whole county heard about it by lunch. Here, fourteen press outlets want to read the paperwork, and the folks who usually demand transparency are suddenly fond of a sealed envelope. That's like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. Fox News has the rest.

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