r/politics • u/anonyuser415 • 5h ago
No Paywall Ilhan Omar’s phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal inquiry
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/14/ilhan-omar-phone-seized-relatives-subpoenaed•
u/champdo I voted 5h ago
Trump is going to keep using the state to attack Democrats as his hold on power weakens.
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u/Reasonable-Tea-9679 4h ago
Is it really weakening? His actual power? I think it's moreso like a little sliver of the american public is just becoming more aware of his bullshit, but he is still getting by through exceedingly troubling means. He wants to become an emperor and has the funds and lack of morality to do so.
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u/anonyuser415 4h ago
And his base's "news" is about as close to reality as prisoners in a cave watching shadows on a wall. They just have no idea that some of this stuff is even going on. The DHS was on Newsmax saying they had proof Ilhan Omar married her brother lol.
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u/Reasonable-Tea-9679 4h ago
Yeah, this goes beyond just Trump. It's decades of poor education which has led to the general public not having the ability to critically absorb the information they consume (plus a slew of other issues I'm too lazy to dive into like celebrity worship, left vs right, etc.) that has created this culture that is exceptionally easily triggered but doesn't know how to take effective action and has a very insular objective.
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u/Not_Stupid Australia 52m ago
I think it's deeper than that. There's plenty of educated people who choose to believe the bullshit anway. Because it fits their chosen narrative.
I think the USA has a deep cultural problem that starts with racism/slavery, continues with "prosperity gospel" religion and the illusion of hard work = wealth, and finishes with the delusion of manifest destiny.
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u/D1rtyH1ppy 4h ago
You can think about Trump as abusive spouse. The time that an abuser is the most dangerous is when his spouse is about to leave. He knows that his power is about to end and he's flailing.
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u/RupeThereItIs 3h ago
Is it really weakening? His actual power?
So, at one point in the not too distant past, the USA was a dominant power int his world. One of two great super powers, but the one of them that other nations gravitated towards, emulated & adopted our culture.
Our dollar is still the international currency of choice, and our media dominated the globe.
Then, our great enemy failed & our own power began to wane. Our cultural & economic power over the world sliped, but we didn't want to admit that we where no longer the hegemon we once where.
So what did we do, we've begun to increase the use of our outsized military power in place of that soft power that is evaporating. The more we do so, the more our soft power evaporates & the more we lean into hard power.
This is a process that started before Trump, but W. and Trump both accelerated it.
Trump's actions here, are the same thing but in miniature. He has lost real control & power, and is attempting more desperate & less legitimate forms of power BECAUSE he's lost the legitimate power.
This is a pivotal moment, it is the only time in the next two years we will see an ability to strip him of power outside of an actual coup or revolution. The obvious next point is 2028.
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u/Purify5 2h ago edited 2h ago
Here's a different perspective.
Global hegemony is always based on an abundance of or first development of a key resource. The Dutch used windmills to cut logs and make the fastest trade-ships in the world. The Spanish plundered Central and South America for massive amounts of gold and silver which gave them immense buying power. The British used their coal and iron ore to create the first factories that were able to forge and shape metal to their will. And, the Americans used their oil to produce the most efficient distribution network for goods, the strongest military the world has ever seen and most importantly control of the oil trade.
Each of these periods of time are different but they have similarities too. One of the similarities is at the end of a country's reign as hegemon they make a last ditch desperate effort to hold on.
Everyone can see that oil's dominance of trade has a finish line. China is next in line as they have been the first to develop the supply-chains for rare-earth minerals the resources needed for modern day batteries, microchips, and electric motors which will power the future.
America is starting its desperation phase and the question is how desperate will they get? The Brits tried to use WWI to hold onto power, the Dutch bankrupted themselves fighting a ridiculously long war with the French and the Spanish tried the old marry a monarch from another power to create a superpower routine. Hopefully America learns to be content with playing catch-up but history would suggest we're probably all in for a bad time.
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u/Reasonable-Tea-9679 3h ago
more our soft power evaporates & the more we lean into hard power.
Precisely what I mean.
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u/RupeThereItIs 3h ago
But that is a sign of waning power.
You can't hold on to power that way, not for long.
You can do a lot of damage on the way down, but it won't last.
You make too many enemies.
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u/kidcrumb 4h ago
Why target her, and not an actually influential Democrat? Is she serving on some kind of committee where she holds sway over something?
Why not do this to Newsome, or AOC?
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u/Belkroe 4h ago
Trump is deeply racist towards Somalians and of course hates women of color. So she is the perfect target of his ire.
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u/Equal-Membership1664 3h ago
A few reasons...
1:He and his base hates her specifically, and a lot about recent Minnesota events
2: She is up for re-election in a few weeks
3: He needs red meat to throw to the base because they are pissed at him for betraying all of them, and he sees the writing on the wall for tne midterms.
4: She's Somalian, and they are on one about the Somali 'corruption' in MN. (I'm not denying that there was none at all, I haven't seen any facts either way)
5:Newsom is not in the House, but a governer of the state that is the American economic powerhouse. AOC is in the house with Omar but has much more political sway and fucking with her would cost you much more political capital, too much actually or they would be on that warpath as well
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u/Brook420 1h ago
There was some corruption in MN, and SOME Somali immigrants were involved. Thougj the ringleader was a white woman.
But the corruption was investigated and those at fault were held accountable.
This was a case of the system working.
But the racist MAGA crowd wants to act as if this is some major conspiracy that the entire Somali community and the Dems worked together on.
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u/sci3nc3isc00l 4h ago
This is just how it begins. It’s more digestible to go after political opponents if they’re a Muslim immigrant.
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u/banksy_h8r New York 2h ago
Because if he attempted to do the same to President Obama, who was his original nativist boogeyman, there'd be a national uproar and he'd be roundly condemned by most non-MAGA Republicans and there'd be rioting in the streets by Democrats. It might actually trigger a civil war. Ilhan Omar? No Republicans are going to stand up for her, and she's not so beloved by Democrats as to start riots.
Also, he's sexist and racist and truly, truly, hates Black women.
He hates Black women so much, he can't stop making sexy comments about white men. Just kidding, he's also a repressed bisexual.
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u/Willthisaccountlas 4h ago
She is the perfect target to motivate trump supporters. MAGA is fundamentally motivated by fear of the "other" replacing white christians. So she's a perfect target.
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u/tidal_flux 3h ago
Female, minority, immigrant, Muslim, from Minnesota. How could he NOT attack her?
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u/TrillbillySocialist 3h ago
Yep. Just giving his base slop to cheer for as the looming midterms defeat nears. This is strictly for his base.
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u/HotPaper7674 4h ago
Because he goes after the people most vulnerable to demonization—brown people and women. To that point, AOC is much higher on the list than Newsome.
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u/RiotSynthetics 4h ago
AOC too popular, newsome is white and charming to him and also more popular than him. He’s just using illhan as a test to see how much he can get away with before going deeper and deeper with abuse of powers until he gets major pushback. Which probably won’t happen since dems are little bitches and republicans are cucks for Trump.
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u/saerra_sea_nya 4h ago
And straight up: maga talks about Somalians the way you or I wouldn’t talk about a cockroach. It’s so disturbing.
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u/frontfrontdowndown 3h ago
Because fascism targets out groups first. And then expands. And expands. And expands until everyone is a target.
If they can do this to her they will eventually do it to you and me.
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u/marmiteer 1h ago
She tried to get The "Hague Invasion" Act repealed. With the ICC currently in his sights, the possibility of using the US military to extract a head of state with an arrest warrant in their name who might also have the Epstein tapes becomes a real possibility.
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u/rkiive 4h ago
Because he has some technicality to at least pretend to hold on to for justification and as long as you can make even the most tenuous link, the American public and media routinely consider it acceptable regardless of how clearly frivolous it is
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u/Adrien_Jabroni Michigan 4h ago
No he doesn’t. Her father’s alleged paperwork errors have nothing to do with her.
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u/redalert825 3h ago
Why not do it to every pedo/rapist and pedo protector in the trumpstein files and outside of them?
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u/Omatzus 2h ago
Helps with the narrative that MN Dems and Somali immigrants are corrupt and the Senate race there is apparently close
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u/TeaOk2254 2h ago
He is seriously out to attack Minnesota and Somalians. He just kept taking both during his talk in Youngstown, OH for some reason. He claimed Minnesota was low IQ people, and apparently thinks no one wears pants in Somalia?
I tried listening to the poison he was spewing in my state, but it was a near incomprehensible ramble.
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u/StarTropicsKing 2h ago
Then fucking call me corrupt. I’m as hard of blue Minnesotan you’ll ever meet and the embodiment of MN Nice. If wanting government to work for the people and supporting your neighbor, immigrant or not, is corrupt then I’m the most corrupt motherfucker on the planet.
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u/Bamorvia 4h ago
Because Trump is a coward. And he wants to prove to his base that he still hates Muslim politicians who are immigrants after they saw him chilling with Mamdani, I assume.
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u/PeliPal 4h ago
Because she is an acceptable target to the Dem establishment for being a Muslim, a Somali immigrant, and a progressive who speaks out against the military industrial complex, they're not going to stick their neck out for her the way they would if we were talking about seizing Obama's phone. That's how this shit works, it's why they go after trans people so much, and it's why it's so important to have a united front against each and every single fascist act instead of picking groups whom it is 'acceptable' to throw under the bus. Trump's hope, and he's been correct on this, is powerful Dem politicians and donors will let this go by without response and then the act is normalized to be done on incrementally larger and more influential groups
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u/Underlord_Fox 4h ago
Oooh, she's being targeted because of the Democrats? Please keep the real villains in focus.
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u/PizzaWhole9323 2h ago
She's being targeted by a republican administration by a party that holds the presidency the house and the Senate and the Supreme Court. You tell me how the Democrats got her investigated and search warrants applied to her phone and her house and maybe I'll listen to you.
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u/Desperate-Till-9228 5h ago
Already too late for him.
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u/once_again_asking California 5h ago
Too late for him to keep using the state to attack Democrats? Clearly it isn’t too late.
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u/DevilYouKnow 4h ago
It's never too late to round people up and declare them enemies of the state.
Some of the most famous dictators were elected and decided to stick around. Often to thunderous applause.
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u/archronin 4h ago
Because the Niemöller quote is effective in a world of cowards and armchair combatants
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u/troyandabedinabed Washington 5h ago
"Regime seizes opposition leader's phone, threatens arrest before tight election"
What if we talked about this country the way we talk about other countries?
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u/Red_Dawn24 5h ago
This is the USA. We don't have one standard, like weak countries. We have many standards that apply depending on the identity of the target - true wealth. /s
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u/broohaha 4h ago
I remember when John Kerry referred to not re-electing Bush as a regime change and the outrage that drew.
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u/j_gumby 1h ago
The thing that's so stupid to do this to Omar is that her district is somewhere around D+32, so this particular race is nowhere near "tight". It's a good thing Trump and MAGA are so incredibly moronic, as it would be truly disastrous if they had any shred of competence.
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u/HattyFlanagan 4h ago
This is what the CIA and state department have done in other countries for the last 60 years. Now they're doing at home too. Things are escalating.
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u/Conscious-Type-9892 5h ago
This is unacceptable political terrorism
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u/CapybaraIRL 1h ago
Unacceptable? I'm sure the US supreme court will find it exceptionaly easy to accept.
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u/tandooriguru 4h ago
Where are the Democrats voicing anger, I don't see none, this whole system is rigged 😕
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u/TheWorstToCome New Mexico 4h ago
They have been literally talking about this today and yesterday
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u/CriticalEngineering North Carolina 4h ago
Yeah, a quick google and there are tons of articles and videos of their responses.
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u/SoaplessTitanic 2h ago
Yeah but I didn’t google it nor did I see anything about it, so therefore it must not be happening /s
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u/SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING 1h ago
Looks like the Russian data centers are back online and helping divide Democrats again with the "What are Democrats doing" and "Where are the Democrats" type of commentary.
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u/Thor_2099 52m ago
Yeh this is bullshit bothsides horse shit. Take that elsewhere. Tons of outrage has been spewed.
Go away bot
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u/Aggressivelymistaken 5h ago edited 5h ago
"'If there was a crime that was committed, it will be prosecuted,' Pirro said."
She forgot to add "unless it's committed by Donald Trump."
Dumbass low information voters see headlines like this and get the impression of "well bOTh siDEs". The media with these headlines need to start including shit like "GOP launches another bogus investigation that looks to go nowhere."
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u/mrbeck1 5h ago
This is his October surprise and no one gives a shit. We all know there will be no charges filed.
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u/Rocketsponge 4h ago
Unsealing the indictment and grand jury proceedings is going to be wild. I am predicting that federal prosecutors outright lied to the grand jury and presented both false information and harebrained conspiracies. The judge is going to have a field day with contempt charges for the prosecution team.
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u/GyattDetected 3h ago
No, the judge is going to slap them on the wrist as they always do. Cuck judges
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u/Dragonic_Overlord_ 3h ago
What's happening to Ilhan Omar and her family is horrible. While Trump's supporters cheer this on, they forget that fascism always turns on its own. Just look at Karoline Leavitt, Kristi Noeme, and Tulsi Gabbard.
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u/planeloise 2h ago
Also do they want this precedent to stand when those evil corrupt Democrats they fear are in power?
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u/torinismyname 5h ago
This is all going to end in an embarassing nothing burger. Here is a preview of a subpoena , please read in Kennedy's voice: " Miss Omar. *DID** you order Uber Eats from Five Guys on September 7th????"*
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u/Neologic29 California 5h ago
More like, "Miss Omar, based on your text messages, you were sexually involved with 5 guys on September 7th. One of them has confirmed this." *shows a posterboard for 2 seconds with screenshots of the phone*
Cue another congressperson with more than one brain cell: "That's actually an Uber Eats order from 5 guys and the person that confirmed it was the Uber driver."
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u/the_pressman 5h ago
This is their "you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride" bullshit - they love using power to make other people's lives harder. They don't care that they won't win because they're doing it with other people's time and money.
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u/troyandabedinabed Washington 5h ago
You think the Republicans are going to be embarrassed by this???
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u/LaScoundrelle 5h ago
I remember during the war on terror era some Americans faced felony charges for donating money to Palestinian charities that were loosely affiliated with hamas (because almost everything in Palestine is). I could easily see this headed that way.
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u/Johnny-Unitas 5h ago
Nothing will embarrass them at this point. It's not like they are going to face consequences for this either.
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u/GoodShitBrain 4h ago
They are fishing. Anything that looks a bit sus, though not criminal, will be blown up all over fox news by elections. They want anything at this point to fearmonger and help their case
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u/Into-the-stream 4h ago
It’s remarkable she is willing to serve America, when it treats her like this.
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u/torinismyname 5h ago
"what'd you put on those FRIES miss Omar. The American people deserve Answers!!!"
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u/Jake-n-Bake1620 4h ago
Exactly this, its gonna be the jack Smith hearing all over again. More unserious shit from unserious people.
Its like being in a facist government with people who were roughly described the tenets of facism ONCE 20 years ago in high-school. And are governing based off of that faded memory of what they're supposed to be doing.
When this blows up it will be just another example going forward of why these people should never be allowed near power again.
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u/FantasticWasabi5107 4h ago
“Miss Omar, did you send five men to the twin towers on September 11th?”
I guess I ordered a five guys burger in the twin cities on September 7th. Is that what you mean?
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u/DKDamian 5h ago
“Embarrassing”?
This is a catastrophe for American democracy. This should not be happening
And none of you care?
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u/Preaddly 5h ago
Yes, we care. We, on both sides, care more than we've ever cared about politics in decades.
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u/Renatusisk Florida 5h ago
No it's generating the headlines and people don't ever follow up these days.
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u/dawfun 5h ago
Can we see the search warrant?
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u/Mobile_Morale 4h ago
People who vote for Omar are smart enough to know this is nothing.
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u/0202_tihssitidder 4h ago
1,000,000 felonies and Trump has no consequences.
Watch Omar make a typo and get sent to prison.
The USA is a fucking joke...especially the US Legal System and the US Military. Frauds.
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u/MsSamm 3h ago
As a child no less
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u/WulfwoodsSins American Expat 2h ago
This administration is all about putting kids as young as 2 in front of immigration judges with no representation.
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u/SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING 1h ago
He has the Supreme Court on side and judge Cannon who derailed what could have sent him to prison.
Then tens of millions of American voters decided to further protect him by making him POTUS.
The biggest joke is the one those voters (and non-voters) are accountable for.
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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 5h ago
Is this that "weaponizing the DOJ" thing the Republicans stopped talking about a couple years back?
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u/Maxtrt Washington 3h ago
They are trying to take her citizenship away and are trying to find evidence that she lied on her citizenship application. They know that she will win reelection and they are doing anything they can to keep her from winning. It's basically the same thing Comey did in 2016 to Hillary Clinton by launching an FBI investigation just prior to the election, which was very effective and most likely cost her the election.
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u/OfficerBarbier 2h ago
When the Nazis first come to power, this is what you get
You know where it goes after that
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u/Righteousaffair999 2h ago
I want to see the warrant as if probable cause was violated we need to start having different conversations on taking back our constitutional rights as citizenry. As a citizen of Minnesota I’m pushing for open secession to keep the feds out.
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u/KingBanhammer 1h ago
I'm very stuck on the question that, even if they actually believed any of this for a second (which they 100% obviously -do not-), are they like, convinced she's keeping secret records on her phone that amount to evidence of some sort of conspiracy?
Do they think she's stupid?
No, don't answer that. They're stupid enough to believe it, I know. It's just -profoundly- hard to imagine these people standing before a judge trying to defend this utter and complete terroristic nonsense.
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u/Sideshift1427 5h ago
There is no crime for this to be called a criminal inquiry.
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u/XShadowborneX 5h ago
The inquiry: We don't have any evidence for any crimes but what can we find?
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u/Spocks-Brain 5h ago
Exactly. If her naturalization information is amiss from 26 years ago, think it’s on her phone today?
It’s a fishing expedition.
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u/whichwitch9 5h ago
No, but they're using it as an excuse to get her phone because she's a prominent Democrat
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u/momentum77 5h ago
Didnt MAGA accuse everyone and their mother of politicizing government agencies against opponents? I dont even hear crickets they're so quiet.
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u/Fjordikus Washington 4h ago
I love the double standard about Republicans whining about Democrats prosecuting them or judging them about something that happened thirty years ago but here they are just clapping for the prosecution of Omar
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u/RealPersonResponds 2h ago
Cant wait to see the affidavit presented to the Judge and what lies were in it to support a 4am raid for something from 2001 thats already 15 years past the statute of limitations. Incompetent and criminal admin.
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u/prof_the_doom I voted 1h ago
I will give the judge a tiny benefit of the doubt until we see it... but at this point I feel like any competent judge probably should have pushed back on it, given the fact that the entire administration is filled with proven liars.
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u/Saintbaba 5h ago
Oh yeah, evidence about inconsistencies about 30-year-old immigration documents filed by her dead father will definitely be in her phone.
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u/External_Demand_8839 3h ago
I don't want to hear one fucking Democrat talk about "moving on to affordability" after the entire nation votes to end this goddamn blatant corruption! Hold these criminal fuckers accountable FIRST! Everything else follows from that - automatically btw.
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u/Altair05 I voted 4h ago
This is what happens when there are no consequences for breaking the law. Trump should be rotting in prison for his crimes.
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u/SDBudda76 5h ago
I am sure that her phone has pertinent data about her immigration papers from 30 years ago. (Or however long it has been)
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u/CaptainObvious1313 4h ago
And yet, not ONE person in the Epstein files has been investigated nor charged. Fuck this timeline and the rejects from idiocracy who voted for it.
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u/Sunnyjim333 3h ago
Release the unredacted Epstein files.
Insider trading for Dear President. 2.4 billion in personal revenue since being sworn in as President.
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u/Knees0ck 3h ago
This is the "October Surprise." They aim to bury her with bullshit or worse, before midterms.
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u/IAmJacksSphincter 2h ago
“If there was a crime that was committed, it will be prosecuted”
Unless you rape children, then they elect you president.
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u/planeloise 2h ago
They know there's no case against her or they would have found it years before. If Ilhan Omar did commit a crime and had a smoking gun, she would have gotten rid of it years before considering she's MAGA public enemy no. 1
They want to go through her files, find embarrassing photos or personal details/images to blackmail her or use against her in unexplained 'leaks'.
Also they can obtain everything on the democratic strategy for her state and undermine her. Intimidate her family, the local somali community etc, implying there is more of it this if they vote for her (even though they are small minority of her voters)
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u/jardin92 5h ago
If you think this abuse of power and targeting of political opponents stops here, you are naive
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u/Inphiltration 3h ago
You know what's fucked up? Let's say in the really far off chance that Ilhan Omar is actually guilty of whatever they are accusing her of.. the trust in the trump presidency is so damn low and many people, myself included, would be very, very hard pressed to believe the evidence is real and not fake/planted.
Trust is so eroded at this point I can't take anything at face value.
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u/Reasonablist_v3 3h ago
Republicans elect criminals to high office without batting an eye. This is just more fascist claptrap from a corrupt, lawless, criminal Trump administration. Sounds like unfortunately she needs extra security detail and LEO protection heading into the middies?
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u/AnaisRim 1h ago
This is over a thirty year old application to naturalize filled out by her father while she was a child.
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u/SparkyMuffin Michigan 3h ago
“If there was a crime that was committed, it will be prosecuted,” Pirro said.
That's not how this fucking works. You don't go digging for a crime.
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u/TIFUbyResponding 5h ago
Fucking mockery of justice. Il Cheeto Benito can go suck a dick.
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u/HeavenlyCreation 3h ago
“The justice department has historically sought to avoid public investigative actions involving a candidate within 60 days of a primary or general election.”
Guess this “journalist” has never heard the name Hilary and Comey before
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u/Righteousaffair999 2h ago
“There is a search warrant” can I see it? I really am not taking my government at its word right now.
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u/DmeshOnPs5 1h ago
I don’t want to hear any complaints when this happens to everyone in the Trump administration. All of them.
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u/tekprodfx16 5h ago
We should be ashamed of ourselves as a nation this is pathetic. Only people supporting this are racists
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u/Legitimate-Wear5933 4h ago
Let's be clear: a sitting American President is using the government to attack his political opposition. He is targeting not only her race but also her political affiliation. The Dems need plans.
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u/Ill-Comfortable-1879 4h ago
How are democrats so quiet through all this. Should I not be seeing a lot more support and outreach from them to their fellow party leaders?
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u/Mirabeaux1789 America 3h ago
Took barely any time to look it up. Just because it’s not in your awarenes doesn’t mean it’s not happening
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u/Yeeeoow 3h ago
The algorithm is hiding their responses to anger you into sitting out the midterms
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u/Individual_Rip_54 3h ago
The top comment is blaming democrats for this obvious miscarry of justice. Everything is just this flow chart over and over
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u/mvallas1073 2h ago
They are - you’re just not seeing the headlines here cus they’re being drowned out by algorithms and more trump stupidity.
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u/RampantHedgehog America 2h ago
Despite the weaponization of the justice dept, I think there’s a non-zero chance she’s done something illegal pertaining to immigration. That’s why many are waiting for the results of the investigation.
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u/Illustrious_Bag_7323 2h ago
Agreed, there are so many things to be upset about but it does look like she may have broken some immigration laws. Even she has posted on Twitter than no one is above the law.
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u/Stoo-Pedassol 3h ago
Is this just going to be another dog and pony show where they ask her ridiculous questions to try catch her in a lie? The Jack Smith treatment if you will.
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u/ResponsibleAnt9496 1h ago
It’s insane to watch my country crumble in real time while nobody does anything. Not to sound corny as hell but there has to be some heroes out there willing to stand up to this, right?
It just feels like the deck is so stacked against us. The right wing oligarchs own Meta, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Fox, HBO and CNN. They control the news and the way it’s delivered and Musk and Russia flood social media with bots. How do you fight that? And now people are saying even our voting machines might be rigged.
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u/MountainsCalling-Me 33m ago
Cival Rights violation by the people charged with protecting Cival Rights. This is fucked up
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u/prologix237 5h ago
Do Melania next, we all know that bitch lied on her application. Einstein visa my ass, my dog who licks his own asshole has a higher IQ than her.
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u/TheNinjaTurkey Colorado 4h ago
Remember how Donald was talking about how the state was weaponized against him?
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u/Elusive_sentinel 4h ago
RIP USA as we knew it. Even if Trumps dies tomorrow it’ll take decades to heal the country.
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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 3h ago
The majority of white people who voted in the last three elections: 'LET'S FUCKING GO! We love what's happening to non-white people! Did you think the price of eggs or gas was the issue with us? Nah, that's what we said when the cameras were rolling. We take great pleasure in Trump harassing non-white and lgbtq people. And it's 'Promises made, promises kept.' There are two more years of the harassment, beatings, and the deportations, and we're just getting started!
Of those who voted in the last three elections, white women supported a war-mongering, racist, fascist, sexist, child rapist, and child killer in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Naivety and the price of goods were never factors.
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u/curiousthoughts20 America 4h ago
Even if the DOJ were to charge her, it would be up to Congress to remove her from her elected position. That's unlikely to happen in a Democrat controlled house
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u/Dexter_McThorpan 2h ago
Hope republicans are ready for sitting members and their families to be treated with the same decorum after the midterms. Because those investigations will be happening.
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u/mattyp2109 1h ago
They’re going to forge evidence because this was such a bold and dumb move that if they don’t find evidence, they’ll look absolutely comically stupid…which this admin refuses to do…
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u/Timely_Parsnip_6871 1h ago
my dad used to say the fourth amendment was the only thing keeping regular people from getting steamrolled by whoever had badges that year, and watching them grab her phone without even pretending to follow procedure is making me think he wasnt being dramatic lol. like the whole point of warrants was supposed to be that it didnt matter if you loved or hated the target, the process had to hold. now theyre subpoenaing her relatives too which, idk, feels like the kind of thing that only happens when youre trying to manufacture something rather than find something
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