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.”…