India, Oct. 19 -- Former US President Barack Obama has sharply criticised the Trump administration's intensifying legal probe into Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, labelling the recent federal raid on her home as an "appalling" display of political intimidation.

The high-profile condemnation on Sunday arrives as White House border czar Tom Homan forcefully defends the Department of Justice, maintaining that federal investigators possess a highly robust case regarding alleged historical immigration fraud. The escalating confrontation underscores a deepening partisan fracture over the independence of federal law enforcement and the administration's aggressive pursuit of domestic political adversaries.

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