Omar Says Raid Was Meant to Intimidate Voters

Rep. Ilhan Omar said she believes the federal raid on her Washington home was intended to intimidate voters, and used her first on-camera message after the search to thank supporters and ask them to keep donating to her reelection campaign. In a campaign video posted Tuesday, Omar said the period ahead would be expensive and challenging. She thanked people who had sent messages and donations, and asked supporters to contribute $5, $10 or $20. The video was her first public on-camera statement since the October 12 search, according to the reports. In an interview aired Wednesday, Omar said she believed the raid was meant to discourage people from voting in the midterm elections. She also said early-voting sites had long lines and campaign staff could not keep up with requests from people seeking rides to vote. Those accounts were Omar’s descriptions of what she had heard and observed; they do not establish the raid’s purpose or the broader scale of voting activity. Omar said she plans to move her family because their address is public and she has received death threats. In the interview, she recounted that agents arrived at 6 a.m. on October 12, presented a warrant and searched...