When U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents raided the DC home of far-left Islamist and Democrat U.S. House Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota last Monday, they came armed with a judicial warrant.
Omars fellow leftists shrieked that the raid amounted to political revenge from President Trump. We do not know yet the facts contained in the agents affidavit that goes with any warrant, but we certainly know enough to say this: These leftists accusation is laughable.
The more likely scenario is Omar and many others will receive a Christmas present in the form of federal indictments.
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The Fourth Amendment bars judges from issuing a warrant without probable cause. U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh of the District of Columbia, the DC duty judge when the Omar raid occurred, reportedly signed the warrant for Omars home. That means Judge Sharbaugh found probable cause evidence of at least one federal crime is inside Omars home.
Supreme Court precedents like United States v. Leon (1984) require that an issuing judge must be neutral and detached. If anything, Judge Sharbaugh’s record suggests a judge predisposed to rule against the Trump Justice Department, not for it. Before becoming a judge, Sharbaugh donated to Hillary Clinton during her losing 2016 campaign against President Trump. Sharbaugh clerked twice for Judge Robert Wilkins, a leftist appointee of President Obama, on both the D.C. U.S. District Court and the D.C. U.S. Circuit. Judge Wilkins was one of the three D.C. U.S. circuit judges rammed through by former Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the end of 2013 just before Republicans took control of the U.S. Senate.
Omar’s leftist allies in Congress claimed that President Trump is targeting Omar because of the upcoming midterms. Those allies include U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Jamie Raskin of Maryland, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
So which is it, exactly? Are these leftists accusing Judge Sharbaugh of joining the conspiracy? Are they claiming he isn’t neutral, and that he harbors prejudice against Omar?
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If so, the charge is ridiculous. According to all evidence, Judge Sharbaugh is no puppet of the Trump administration. The DC U.S. district judges who appointed him as a magistrate judge in October 2024 are overwhelmingly leftistsâoverwhelmingly Obama and Biden appointees.
In reality, the truth is far more devastating for Democrats. Judge Sharbaugh’s almost certain signature on that warrant shows beyond any reasonable doubt that this matter is serious and based in evidence. This is no political hit job.
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The government has probable cause concerning at least one federal crime. We are unsure what the crime is, because the affidavit remains sealed. But The New York Times reports that members of Omar’s family have <a href="https://foxnews.com/politics/rep-il
