Embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has retained two top-drawer Washington, DC, attorneys who have a record of representing powerful Democrats, including former President Joe Biden and one-time Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. The high-profile legal representation comes amid at least two federal investigations, one for immigration fraud and the other for discrepancies in the Somali born lawmaker’s financial disclosures, Fox News reported Saturday. The legal counsel, Amy Jefress and Joshua Matz, are senior partners in Hecker Fink LLP and apparently first made themselves known in a written response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) claiming her rights were violated in search warrant executed on Omar’s home, according to CBS report on October 17. The pair does not come cheap. Hourly rates by district attorneys, typically kept confidential, can run from $700 to $2000 an hour. In a video message posted on social media in October, the lawmaker thanked her supporters while also asking them to keep sending money, saying it would be expensive to fight the investigations she blamed on Donald Trump.
