DHS says it referred Omar investigation involving multiple people to Justice Department
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The Facts
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said DHS presented the Omar investigation to the Justice Department.
- Mullin said the Justice Department is leading the investigation.
- Mullin said the case involves more than one individual.
- Federal agents searched Omar's Washington residence on October 12.
- Prosecutors said in a court filing that the investigation of Omar and other individuals continues.
- Omar has not been charged.
- The court filing did not identify the other individuals or describe their possible roles.
Context
Who is handling the investigation now?
Mullin said DHS presented the case to the Justice Department and that DOJ is leading the investigation. NY Post Breitbart
Has Rep. Omar been charged?
No. Reports say Omar has not been charged, and prosecutors have said the investigation remains ongoing. Breitbart LifeZette National Desk
What is known about other people in the inquiry?
Prosecutors said other individuals are under investigation, but the court filing did not name them or describe their possible roles. Breitbart National Desk
Where Left and Right agree, and where they split
- Where Left and Right agree
- Neither side disputes that Omar remains uncharged while prosecutors say the investigation into her and unnamed others continues.
- Where Left and Right split
- The left and the right split on what an uncharged, ongoing investigation into Omar actually proves.
- Why they won’t converge
- The divide is trust in institutions: one reading treats an uncharged, unnamed-defendants case as reason for official restraint, the other treats an open file as proof the process must run its course.
- Watch for
- Prosecutors' court filing opposing release of records in the case, which states the investigation of Omar and other unnamed individuals continues, is the document to watch for any update on charges or names.Breitbart
How left and right read it
The presumption of innocence is not a courtesy withheld until convenient; it matters most exactly when the person standing on it is a political target. Omar has not been charged, and the court filing describing an ongoing investigation of her and others does not name who those others are. Yet a cabinet secretary is out describing the case's size and who is leading it. Charges first. Then talk.
A case the Homeland Security secretary says was referred to prosecutors, led by the Justice Department, and involving more than one person deserves to be followed wherever it leads, not narrowed to spare anyone in it. Prosecutors say the inquiry continues, yet no charges have come. An open file is not an exoneration; it is a standing demand that the process be allowed to finish.
“He spoke the same day The Post reported Omar crossed out her surname to replace it with "Elmi", then put it back to "Omar" on the certified copy of the 2009 license on file with Hennepin County, Minnesota, officials.” — New York Post
An uncharged investigation decides nothing on its own. It just keeps the question of Omar's guilt open until charges, or none, arrive.
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