Federal agents seize Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoena relatives
What is known about the probe, three weeks before an election Omar is on the ballot in.
Federal authorities investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) seized her phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some relatives, according to a person briefed on the probe who spoke to AP anonymously. Agents searched her Washington home on Monday. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested the focus is her family's immigration paperwork, and DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said several investigations are under way, including into her financial disclosures. Omar called the search an "attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement." The Justice Department has historically avoided public investigative steps involving a candidate within 60 days of an election.
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Grand juries in the United States
After exploring Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe, AP source says, how the process works is explained in Grand juries in the United States.
Groups of citizens empowered to investigate potential crimes and decide whether charges should be brought.
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