前总统巴拉克·奥巴马周日谴责联邦特工对明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔在华盛顿特区住所的突袭，称这是特朗普政府为“恐吓”她而进行的“明显”行动。“联邦政府的全部力量正因她敢于批评总统而落在一名守法的民选官员身上，”奥巴马在X上写道。联邦特工上周作为对奥马尔的调查的一部分，突袭了她在华盛顿的住所，奥马尔一直公开反对特朗普总统及其政策。
Former President Barack Obama on Sunday condemned federal agents’ raid on the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., calling it a “transparent” effort by the Trump administration to “intimidate” her. “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president,” Obama wrote on X. Federal agents raided the Washington home last week as part of a probe into Omar, who has been outspoken against President Donald Trump and his policies.
此次搜查的时机令司法部老兵感到震惊，因为它发生在中期选举临近之际，且恰逢联邦假日。奥巴马还斥责政府显然试图驱逐奥马尔的行为——她出生于索马里，但在17岁时成为美国公民。“现在政府正积极试图驱逐奥马尔议员，看似仅仅基于一个未经证实的理论：她父亲入籍时她实际上是18岁，因此她不是公民，”奥巴马写道。
The timing of the search alarmed Justice Department veterans because it fell so close to the midterm elections and occurred during a federal holiday. Obama also rebuked the administration’s apparent efforts to deport Omar, who was born in Somalia but was naturalized as a U.S. citizen at 17 years old. “Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen,” Obama wrote.
“联邦特工已经突袭了她的住所，没收了她的个人记录，并扣押了她的手机——这一切都是为了试图揭开二十年前根本不存在的‘吸烟枪’证据，以某种方式让他们的指控成立。”一位熟悉调查的人士告诉NBC新闻，联邦官员针对奥马尔可能面临的指控包括阴谋和在移民文件中作出虚假陈述。司法部尚未透露针对她的任何证据。
“Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.”A person familiar with the investigation has told NBC News that the possible charges against Omar cited by federal officials include conspiracy and making false statements in immigration paperwork. The Justice Department has not revealed evidence against her.
奥马尔上周将此次突袭与特朗普联系起来，称这是“针对政治敌人的行动，以及将联邦执法武器化的尝试”。“十年来，特朗普一直以毫无根据的谎言和抹黑运动针对我。这只是他政治恐吓运动中的最新升级，”奥马尔在X上写道。这份冗长的声明对奥巴马来说很不寻常，因为他在离职近十年后一直很少公开发表言论。
Omar tied the raid to Trump last week, calling it “an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.”“For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” Omar wrote on X. The lengthy statement is unusual for Obama, who has been selective about using his voice after having left office nearly a decade ago.
奥巴马称奥马尔是“特朗普政府最激烈的批评者之一”，并将其与特朗普“反复将她挑出来，认为她不属于这个国家”的努力联系起来。“无论总统或政府对国会议员奥马尔的政治观点持何种态度，任何总统或政府愿意公开进行此类旨在恐吓他人的行为，都应让所有美国人感到愤怒。因为如果这成为新常态，就没有理由相信它会止步于她 — — 或未来任职的总统，无论属于哪个政党，不会也这样做。”他写道。
Obama called Omar “one of the Trump administration’s fiercest critics,” which he tied to Trump’s efforts to “repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.”“The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same,” he wrote.
奥马尔一直是特朗普批评的常见目标。特朗普上周表示，这次调查“与他无关”，并补充说这“ realmente 由司法部决定” — — 并称奥马尔“是个可怕的人”。上周在一次集会上，特朗普攻击奥马尔和索马里移民，导致人群起哄喊“驱逐”。特朗普今年在Truth Social上写道，他希望看到奥马尔被送回索马里。奥巴马将特朗普对奥马尔的待遇与他对其他被视为政治对手的人物的针对性行为相提并论，包括纽约州总检察长莱蒂西亚·詹姆斯、前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米以及联邦储备委员会的成员。
Omar has been a frequent target of criticism from Trump. He said last week that the search had “nothing to do” with him, adding it was “really up to the DOJ” — and called Omar “a terrible person.”At a rally last week, Trump attacked Omar and Somali immigrants, leading to chants of “deport” from the crowd. Trump wrote on Truth Social this year that he would like to see Omar sent back to Somalia. Obama likened Trump’s treatment of Omar to his targeting of other perceived political foes, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, former FBI Director James Comey and members of the Federal Reserve Board.