
联邦特工突袭伊尔汉·奥马尔位于华盛顿特区的住所,引发保守派监督组织领袖周三发出警告,称更多信息可能随之曝光,因为这位明尼苏达州民主党籍众议员正面临涉及其移民记录和财务披露的独立调查。
The federal raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home prompted warnings Wednesday from a conservative watchdog leader that more revelations could be coming, as the Minnesota Democrat faces separate investigations involving her immigration records and financial disclosures.
监督项目(Oversight Project)主席迈克·豪威尔表示,他的团队曾推动撤销奥马尔支持的一项103.1万美元的拨款,称国土安全部调查局(HSI)的搜查引发了关于国会问责制的更广泛问题,以及调查人员接下来可能发现什么。
Oversight Project President Mike Howell, whose group pushed to strip a $1.031 million earmark backed by Omar, says the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) search raises broader questions about congressional accountability and what investigators may uncover next.
他的警告是在美国检察官珍妮恩·F·皮罗在《美国报道》节目中确认其办公室正在调查这位明尼苏达州民主党籍众议员的财务披露之后发出的,而另一则报道则透露,联邦调查人员已传唤奥马尔的亲属,作为与移民相关调查的一部分。
His warning comes as U.S. Attorney Jeanine F. Pirro confirmed on "America Reports" that her office is investigating the Minnesota Democrat's financial disclosures, while separate reporting revealed that federal investigators had subpoenaed Omar's relatives as part of an immigration-related probe.
联邦特工因涉嫌移民欺诈调查突袭伊尔汉·奥马尔的华盛顿特区住所“我认为这里还有其他‘鞋子’会掉下来,”豪威尔对福克斯新闻数字版说道。
FEDERAL AGENTS RAID ILHAN OMAR’S DC HOME AMID IMMIGRATION FRAUD INVESTIGATION "I think there's other shoes that are going to drop here," Howell told Fox News Digital.
“这就是我认为民主党人真的无法抵抗跳出来的诱惑——在他们看到任何证据之前就跳出来,然后把车队围起来[围住奥马尔],”他说。
"That's why I think the Democrats really just couldn't resist the temptation to jump out of this before they saw any evidence and just circle the wagons [around Omar]," he said.
“我可以说,看来他们正在稍微收回这种立场。这已经从对奥马尔的全盘辩护转变为实质性不足的辩护,他们说,‘好吧,这些事情是旧的’,或者‘这是因为她是伊尔汉·奥马尔,所以这是政治问题’。”
"I will say it appears they're walking that back a little bit. It has shifted from just a wholesale defense of Omar to a non-substantive defense, talking about, ‘well, this stuff was old,’ or ‘this is political since she's Ilhan Omar’."

豪威尔认为,奥马尔的支持者们的论点表明,“引擎盖下并非一切都很美好。”他的警告不仅针对奥马尔,还指向他所描述的华盛顿更广泛的问责制失败——即立法者可以推动后来因合法性受到质疑的纳税人资助项目。
Howell suggested that Omar’s defenders’ arguments indicate that it’s "not all peaches and cream underneath the hood." Howell's warning extends beyond Omar to what he describes as a broader failure of accountability in Washington, where lawmakers can champion taxpayer-funded projects that later face questions about their legitimacy.
福克斯新闻获悉,联邦调查人员正在审查奥马尔1995年抵达美国时以及2000年获得美国公民身份时,其年龄是否被准确报告,包括任何不准确信息是否可能影响她根据当时法律通过父亲获得公民身份的资格。
Fox News has learned that federal investigators are examining whether Omar's age was accurately reported when she arrived in the United States in 1995 and when she acquired U.S. citizenship in 2000, including whether any inaccurate information could have affected her eligibility for citizenship through her father under the law in effect at the time.
伊尔汉·奥马尔丈夫:在联邦移民调查中“我毫无担忧” 该调查还包括她已故父亲填写的文件,以及他是否提供了不准确信息。消息人士告诉福克斯新闻,调查人员正在审查可能跨越多年的移民欺诈行为。
ILHAN OMAR’S HUSBAND INSISTS HE HAS ‘NO CONCERNS’ AMID FEDERAL IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION The inquiry also encompasses paperwork completed by her late father and whether he provided inaccurate information. Sources told Fox News that investigators are examining potential immigration fraud spanning multiple years.
联邦调查人员作为移民调查的一部分,已发出十几份传票,包括向奥马尔家庭成员发出的传票。
Federal investigators have issued more than a dozen subpoenas as part of the immigration inquiry, including subpoenas to members of Omar's family.
消息人士告诉福克斯新闻,移民调查与皮罗处理的财务披露调查是分开的。
The immigration inquiry is separate from the financial-disclosure investigation being handled by Pirro, sources told Fox News.
“当然,我们处于猜测阶段,”豪威尔告诉福克斯新闻数字版,承认对联邦调查的全部范围存在不确定性。
"We're in the speculation zone, of course," Howell told Fox News Digital, acknowledging uncertainty about the full scope of the federal investigations.

不过,豪威尔认为,为在华盛顿的一名在任国会议员签发搜查令表明调查人员已掌握大量证据,尽管搜查令仅确立法官认为搜查可能发现证据或其他可扣押物品的合理理由,并不意味着奥马尔犯了罪。
Still, Howell argued that obtaining a search warrant for a sitting member of Congress in Washington suggested investigators had developed substantial evidence, though the warrant establishes only that a judge found probable cause to believe the search would uncover evidence or other items subject to seizure, not that Omar committed a crime.
豪威尔指出,他认为独特的情况组合——特朗普政府下的国土安全部调查、在民主党占多数的华盛顿特区由联邦法官授权的搜查令,以及选举临近——是他认为调查人员可能掌握大量证据的原因。
Howell pointed to what he viewed as a unique combination of circumstances — an HSI investigation under the Trump administration, a warrant authorized by a federal judge in heavily Democratic Washington, D.C., and the proximity of the election — as reasons he believes investigators may have substantial evidence.
豪厄尔说:“他们可能掌握了她的确凿证据。在华盛顿特区这种地方,除非有什么相当具有说服力的东西,否则你是无法让联邦法官在类似这样的事情上签字批准的。”前美国移民和海关执法局代理局长、邻近的弗吉尼亚州东区联邦检察官乔纳森·法海(Jonathan Fahey)表示,国土安全调查局(HSI)搜查的时机引发了人们的疑问,即调查人员是否在审查与长期存在的移民指控有关的更近期的文件。
"They probably got the goods on her," Howell said. "You don't get a federal judge to sign off on something like this in Washington, D.C., of all places, unless there is something that is rather convincing." Jonathan Fahey, a former acting ICE director and federal prosecutor in the neighboring Eastern District of Virginia, said the timing of the HSI search raises questions about whether investigators are examining more recent documents tied to longstanding immigration allegations.
法海在谈到这项移民调查时对福克斯新闻数字频道(Fox News Digital)表示:“我推测他们可能在寻找较新的东西,这些东西与他们认为属于虚假信息的内容结合在了一起。”
"I surmise that what they may be looking for is newer things that were used with what they believe is false information," Fahey told Fox News Digital, referring to the immigration investigation.
法海指出,根据文件、情况和适用的法规,在较近的联邦申请中明知故犯地重复实质性虚假信息可能会产生独立的法律风险,即便仅基于较早文书的刑事指控会受到诉讼时效的限制。
Fahey suggested that knowingly repeating materially false information in more recent federal filings could create separate legal exposure, depending on the documents, circumstances and applicable statutes, even if criminal charges based solely on older paperwork would be barred by the statute of limitations.
前联邦调查局(FBI)特工妮可·帕克(Nicole Parker)警告称,如果奥马尔的父亲在奥马尔未成年时填写了涉嫌虚假的文件,奥马尔可能不会面临刑事责任。
Former FBI agent Nicole Parker cautioned that Omar might not face criminal liability if her father completed allegedly false paperwork while she was a minor.
帕克说:“如果她的父亲撒谎并填写了[公民身份/入籍]表格,那么在我看来,她将不承担刑事责任。”
"If her father lied and filled out the [citizenship/naturalization] forms, then in my opinion, she will not be criminally held responsible," Parker said.
不过,帕克表示,如果当局证实奥马尔是通过实质性虚假信息获得公民身份的,她可能会面临一个独立的法律问题。
However, Parker said Omar could face a separate legal question if authorities establish she obtained citizenship through materially-false information.
她说:“如果她的公民身份是以虚假借口和虚假信息获得的,这可能会导致她被剥夺公民身份并失去国籍。”
"It could potentially cause her to be denaturalized and lose her citizenship if her citizenship was gained on false pretenses and false information," she said.
今年1月,监督项目(Oversight Project)对明尼阿波利斯“希望一代明尼苏达”组织(Generation Hope MN)的正义赋权倡议(Justice Empowerment Initiative)一项提议中的103.1万美元专项拨款提出了质疑,该项目得到了奥马尔和明尼苏达州民主党参议员的支持。
In January, the Oversight Project challenged a proposed $1.031 million earmark for Generation Hope MN's Justice Empowerment Initiative in Minneapolis, a project backed by Omar and Minnesota's Democratic senators.
该团体对该非营利组织的财务、运营以及是否符合纳税人资助条件提出了担忧,包括对其在位于明尼阿波利斯一家餐厅共用场所的成瘾康复服务的质疑。该餐厅的所有者此前向福克斯新闻数字版确认,Generation Hope 在楼上办公空间运营。豪威尔回忆道:“我们说,让我们去检查一下这些指定拨款。”
The group raised concerns about the nonprofit's finances, operations and eligibility for taxpayer funding, including questions about its addiction recovery services at a location shared with a Minneapolis restaurant, whose owner previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that Generation Hope operated in upstairs office space. "We said, let's go check out those earmarks," Howell recalled.
随后,保守派共和党人对该拨款提出异议,其中得克萨斯州共和党众议员奇普·罗伊是推动取消该拨款的人之一。
Conservative Republicans subsequently objected to the funding, with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, among those pushing for its removal.
该指定拨款被取消,随后犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李和爱荷华州共和党参议员乔尼·厄恩斯特要求司法部对该非营利组织进行审查。
The earmark was stripped, and Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, later requested Justice Department scrutiny of the nonprofit.
这场资金争议引发了对国会审查拟议受助人流程的质疑,但该拨款的取消并未证明奥马尔或该组织存在欺诈行为。目前尚未公开确认该指定拨款争议与任何联邦调查之间存在关联。
The funding dispute raised questions about congressional vetting of proposed recipients, but its removal did not establish fraud by Omar or the organization. No connection between the earmark controversy and either federal investigation has been publicly confirmed.
作为他更广泛的“制度腐败”论点的一部分,豪威尔认为奥马尔的指定拨款争议并非独一无二,他批评立法者将对美国以外地区的忠诚置于其宪法责任之上。
As part of his broader "institutional rot" argument, Howell argued that Omar’s earmark controversy is not unique, criticizing what he sees as lawmakers placing loyalties outside the United States ahead of their constitutional responsibilities. "This isn't normal.
“这不是正常的。而且它看起来正常,只是因为这种情况发生得太频繁了。我认为是时候让议员们认真对待他们对宪法宣誓的誓言了,”他说。
And it only seems normal because it's been happening so much. And I think it's about time we take the oath to the Constitution that members swear seriously," he said.
“如果某人对另一处有忠诚,他们就不应该在国会任职。”奥马尔否认了任何不当行为,并指责特朗普政府将联邦执法武器化以对付政治对手。她的办公室称此次搜查是滥用职权,并曾指出国会伦理调查结果建议驳回有关她财务披露的指控,但未对此故事的置评请求作出回应。
"If somebody has loyalties to another place, they should not be in Congress." Omar has denied wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of weaponizing federal law enforcement against political opponents. Her office called the search an abuse of power and previously pointed to congressional ethics findings recommending dismissal of allegations concerning her financial disclosures, but did not respond to a request for comment on this story.