Omar says federal agent was posted outside monthly meeting in Minneapolis suburb
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar says a Homeland Security Investigations agent was outside her monthly town hall meeting in Richfield, Minnesota, on Thursday.
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar reported that a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent was present at her monthly town hall meeting in Richfield, Minnesota. The incident came to light when a Richfield police officer observed a woman in a Ford Explorer and became suspicious of her behavior. The officer discovered that the vehicle's license plates were mismatched, leading to the woman's arrest.
Omar claimed that the woman had initially identified herself as an HSI agent, working undercover in a drug operation, before leaving the scene upon confirming her identity with her supervisor. In her letter to Michael McCarthy, interim special agent in charge of HSI's office in St. Paul, Minnesota, Omar questioned the presence of the agent at her event, as she did not receive prior notice of the undercover operation.
She also expressed concerns about the agency's practices and requested information from McCarthy regarding the agent's presence, how HSI learned about the meeting, and the agent's training.
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