Obama blasts federal probe of congresswoman Ilhan Omar as 'so appalling'

Obama says federal agents' search of the Democrat's home was an effort to intimidate a Trump critic. Barack Obama has said congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under federal criminal investigation simply because she's an outspoken critic of the President Donald Trump. "The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president," the former US president wrote on X, calling the probe "so appalling". The White House defended the inquiry, saying the justice department was "focused on restoring law and order". Last week, homeland security agents searched the Minnesota Democrat's Washington DC home as part of an investigation into her immigration status.

Born in Somalia, Omar moved to the US with her family as a child. US media outlets have reported that the probe is tied to her American citizenship and whether she lied about her age when she arrived in the US in 1995. Questions have been raised about whether the age listed on Omar's citizenship application differed from her actual birth date. Obama said in his X post on Sunday that her father became a naturalised citizen when she was 17, and not yet legally an adult, which then gave her citizenship. "Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on