The following is from Judicial Watch.

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Judicial Watch has filed a reply brief urging the US District Court for the District of Columbia to unseal search warrant records related to the Oct. 12, 2026, federal search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minnesota) Washington, DC, home.

The Oct. 30 filing argues that the government has failed to justify keeping the entire warrant docket secret.

The watchdog group seeks the warrant, application, supporting affidavits, inventory of seized property and related court records. It says any information that remains sealed should require specific justification.

Judicial Watch also notes that Omar has publicly challenged the search and used it to raise campaign money but has not objected in court to releasing the records.

“She has not intervened, has not submitted a letter, and has not asked the Court to keep anything sealed,” the brief states.

The filing further argues:

“Representative Omar has chosen what to say about the search and has asked the public to fund her account of it. She is entitled to do so. But the public is entitled to the official record against which to measure that account, and the Government’s account as well.”

“Ilhan Omar is using this search to raise campaign cash, yet she hasn’t asked the court to keep the records secret. Why is the government fighting to hide information about her alleged crimes?” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Judicial Watch initially moved to unseal the records Oct. 15.

According to the watchdog group, federal agents reportedly seized Omar’s cellphone, notebooks, computers and passport.

The Justice Dept. confirmed that Homeland Security Investigations conducted a court-authorized search as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. News reports linked the investigation to potential false statements and immigration fraud.

Judicial Watch says it has investigated allegations involving Omar since July 2019, when it filed an ethics complaint seeking an investigation into allegations of perjury, immigration and marriage fraud, tax fraud and student loan fraud.

The group has previously sought the release of search warrant records in other high-profile cases, including the August 2022 search of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and the September 2022 seizure of Mike Lindell’s cellphone.

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