'Radical Left Lunatic' judge Trump wanted impeached takes up Ilhan Omar warrant fight

A federal judge who has become a frequent legal thorn in the side of President Donald Trump and his allies is now presiding over a fight to unseal the warrant used to search the home of Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.The battle over whether to unseal the search warrant comes amid two separate federal investigations into the Democratic congresswoman stemming from concerns about discrepancies between financial disclosures filed a year apart and allegations that her father committed fraud when completing immigration paperwork.

Omar immigrated to the United States from Somalia in 1995, when she was 12 years old.Investigators are examining whether her father misstated her age on his citizenship paperwork in 2000, potentially allowing her to obtain citizenship through him as a minor.Trump, a longtime foe of the progressive congresswoman, has been vocal in his attacks against Omar, having also accused her of committing immigration fraud by allegedly marrying her brother — referring to her first husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.

In the weeks following the Oct.12 raid on Omar's Washington, D.C., home, Trump called for Omar to be "put in jail."TRUMP SAYS ILHAN OMAR COULD GO TO JAIL OR BE DEPORTED, CALLS HER ‘A DISGRACE TO OUR COUNTRY’U.S.

District Judge James Boasberg is seen in an official portrait in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2023.(Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)But the fight over whether to unseal the records is being overseen by Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S.

District Court for the District of Columbia, an Obama appointee and longtime target of Trump.In March 2025, after Boasberg temporarily blocked deportation flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members, Trump called him a "Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator" and called for his impeachment.

Trump also accused Boasberg of bias, saying it was "virtually impossible for me to get an Honest Ruling in D.C."The raid on Omar’s home came just weeks before the m...