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Obama accuses the Trump administration of an attempt to intimidate Following a raid on prominent Democratic US representative Ilhan Omar, former President Barack Obama condemned the government of President Donald Trump's actions as an attempt to intimidate. "It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that the government may not target individuals solely based on their political beliefs or statements," he wrote on the platform X. But this is exactly what the Trump administration is currently doing to the congressional representative from the state of Minnesota. Obama is regarded as someone who carefully considers what political developments he comments on. In his long post, he criticized the government's attempt to actively push the Trump-critic in Somalia away—"apparently solely based on the unsubstantiated claim that she was actually 18 years old at the time of her father's naturalization and therefore not a US citizen." When naturalizing in the US, it makes a difference whether one is older or younger than 18. Obama pointed out that if Omar had been 18 years old at the time of her father's naturalization, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. "However, since she was 17, she was automatically naturalized," Obama stated. The first Black US president once faced the false statement prominently made by Trump that he was born in Kenya instead of the US state of Hawaii. Raid on Omar shortly before the congressional elections Last Monday, federal agents searched Omar's home in the Washington area. The incident also caused a lot of criticism, especially given the timing just before the congressional elections when the representative seeks re-election. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice told several US media outlets that agents had carried out a search warrant authorized by the Department of Justice on a division of the Department of Homeland Security. The action was part of an ongoing criminal investigation at the federal level. The "Wall Street Journal" reported, citing US officials and others familiar with the investigation, that the Trump administration's investigation aims to create a basis to deprive Omar of US citizenship and deport her. The investigation focuses on the immigrant records of the representative, among other things. The focus is on whether Omar or her father mistakenly stated her age as 17 instead of 18 in their naturalization application. Trump frequently attacks Omar The Black representative is repeatedly exposed to fierce attacks from Trump. With regard to her Somali roots, he has often suggested to the US citizen that she should "go back" to Somalia. Omar herself spoke on X after the raid about an "attempt to target political opponents and use federal law enforcement as a weapon." Obama: Attempt to intimidate should outrage all Americans Former President Obama criticized that the entire power of the US government is being used against a law-abiding, elected representative just because she dared to criticize Trump. The Democrat emphasized that the Department of Justice under Trump has also targeted other individuals whom the US President views as enemies. "The fact that any president or government is willing to engage in such obvious intimidation should outrage all Americans," Obama warned. Because if this becomes the new normal, there will be no reason to assume that such actions against Omar will stop or that future presidents will not do the same. Comments