Ilhan Omar investigation: New detals on search warrant of Washington, D.C. home

Let's get to your news tonight. So a Department of Justice filing says unsealing a search warrant on Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar's Washington home would cause serious harm to the investigation. That comes from a DOJ filing arguing against 14 media outlets that demanded the warrant be unsealed. A judge denied the media's request late yesterday. Fox 9's Karen Scullin has been looking over the new filing. As we know, federal agents raided raided Omar's home back on October 12th as part of the investigation into allegations that she lied on her immigration paperwork to obtain citizenship. What we're getting today is a heavily redacted DOJ filing that argues against unsealing the search warrant. It starts off by using what the DOJ says is Omar's real name, Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, and then aka Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. My name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. The feds say there is no First Amendment basis to unseal the warrant and that doing so would cause damage to the investigation. The court doc lays out their concerns. Revealing the subjects of an investigation and the government's information sources mid investigation could result in flight, evidence destruction or other forms of obstruction. It also argued the unsealing would disclose information gotten from sensitive sources or reveal the identity of informers. The documents also say the search warrant is only partially executed and that due to widespread speculation about where the investigation is headed, unsealing the warrant would answer some of those questions and reveal important tactical choices made by the investigating agency and thereby harm an investigation. Again, the judge did not unseal that search warrant, but the DOJ said they're not necessarily against doing that just at a later date so far no charges have been filed against the congresswoman Karen Scullin, Fox 9. All right, thank you Karen