Former federal prosecutors are pushing back on Democrats' accusations that the Trump administration violated Justice Department policy by searching the home of Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., just weeks before an election."It's difficult to not point out the dirty hands of the people that might complain about election interference," Jim Trusty, a former federal prosecutor, said, pointing to former special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election."Democrats definitely can't contend that it's a politicized investigation after everything that happened in the Trump era," Abhishek Kambil, a former federal prosecutor, told Fox News Digital.Rep.
Jamie Raskin, D-Md., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a lengthy statement alleging that the Justice Department violated protocol by conducting "overt actions in politically-sensitive matters in the 60 days before an election."HOMAN CONFIRMS 'CRIMINAL' INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ILHAN OMAR, SAYS HE KNOWS 'THINGS ARE GOING ON’Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday morning, a source familiar with the operation told Fox News Digital.
(Andrew Murray/Fox News Digital)"Just 22 days before the elections, this is blatant political intimidation and an attempt to interfere with the Congresswoman’s reelection," Raskin wrote in his press release.But Kambil pointed out that the U.S.Department of Justice Manual, which outlines procedures for federal criminal investigations, does not explicitly impose a 60-day period before elections in which investigative actions can't be conducted."The 60-day requirement is not something that's in the justice manual," Kambil told Fox News Digital.
"That's basically an unwritten practice of what DOJ typically does, and the justice manual itself does not have the time frame on that."Kambil said that any actions which could be perceived as influencing an e...