Ilhan Omar finally emerges after DC raid with video pleading for cash to fight Trump
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., re-emerged Tuesday night for the first time following a raid on her Washington, D.C., residence by posting a campaign video to her official social media channels asking supporters for more money.
"Hi everyone, Ilhan here," Omar said in a selfie video showing her riding in the back seat of a vehicle and wearing a blue campaign shirt. "I just wanted to say thank you so much for the support, to everyone who sent a note of support, for everyone who sent $5, $10, $20."
Omar's home in Washington, D.C., was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) last Monday in connection to an investigation into potential immigration fraud. Authorities are probing whether Omar or her father lied on paperwork that helped her gain citizenship. Border czar Tom Homan has said that if the allegations are proven, Omar could be denaturalized.
She closed her video by pleading for more cash. "Please continue to support us. It's going to be a very expensive and challenging time. So we appreciate whether you're able to send $5, $10, $20. Thank you."
The video showed a partial image of the outside of the window, and while trees and buildings whizzed by, it was not immediately clear from where the congresswoman was shooting the clip.
Omar did not directly address the investigation or the raid, but attacked President Donald Trump. She said that the money she received in the fallout from the search "goes a long way as we fight Trump and his administration for trying to intimidate me and so many people right before the midterm elections."
"We know that they're running scared," she said of Trump and Republicans heading into a consequential midterm election. "We're not going to be intimidated. We're not going to be silenced. We're not going to be scared."
Omar has not been seen publicly since before the raid on her home, which was first reported by Fox News Digital last week. Her husband, Tim Mynett, has been seen outside the residence walking their dog. Additionally, Fox News Digital has spotted a campaign aide bringing in food and both of her daughters arriving at the home two days apart.
TRUMP RALLY CROWD CHANTS 'DEPORT' AS PRESIDENT RIPS ILHAN OMAR AFTER FEDERAL RAID
The congresswoman's sister, Sahra Noor, is in the U.S. on a book tour and spoke with federal investigators last week in the wake of the raid, three sources confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Omar promised in her clip posted Tuesday night to get back on the campaign trail as the midterms rapidly approach.
"I'll be out there campaigning alongside all of you, and making sure that we beat back all of this, and that we win in the midterms," she said. "Win the House, win the Senate, and hold this administration accountable."
She is currently scheduled to appear in Minneapolis on Monday for a live show with radical left-wing streamer Hasan Piker.
It is unclear where Omar is, or has been, since the search warrant was executed last Monday.
Some speculated that she fled the country — though reports note that her passport and phone were among the items seized by federal agents during the raid.
ILHAN OMAR'S HUSBAND SNAPS OVER RUMORS SHE FLED US AFTER FEDERAL IMMIGRATION FRAUD RAID
Before posting the video on Tuesday, Omar had only released written statements on social media.
"This raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies," she said in a statement posted to X hours after feds descended on her home.
"For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back," the post continued. "Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies."
HOMAN SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD BE STRIPPED OF NATURALIZATION, DEPORTED IF IMMIGRATION FRAUD IS PROVEN
Trump warned Tuesday from the Oval Office that Omar could be jailed if the allegations against her are true.
"Well, she could be. She could also go to jail," Trump said. "You know, they keep talking about deportation. No, she could go to jail."
"This is just my opinion," he continued, before calling the congresswoman "a very dishonest person" who "hates our country."
Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.