Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times,
Scores of House Democrats have called for an end to the federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), claiming it could affect her reelection bid in next month's midterm elections.
A letter, signed by 175 Democratic congresspersons, accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of engaging in the "weaponization of law enforcement," calling such a move "unprecedented and unacceptable."
Dated Oct. 26 and led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the letter was addressed to Attorney General Todd Blanche and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. It states that the DOJ has "long followed a policy not to take investigative steps relating to a candidate this close to an election if delaying the action will not jeopardize a criminal investigation."
The lawmakers pointed out that Omar is seeking reelection in Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District and that news of the search warrant - executed on her Washington apartment by DHS agents on Oct. 12 - "whether properly predicated or not, could affect voters' decisions" at the polls on Nov. 3.
The move "strips Minnesotans of their right to a free and fair election guaranteed to them under the Constitution," they said.
The lawmakers sa
