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🗞️ Story file #638

Border czar says investigators have strong case against Ilhan Omar

Oct 19, 9 AM ET to Oct 20, 2 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

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  1. Oct 19, 9 AM ETfirst on a front page: Just the News
  2. Oct 19, 9 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
  3. Oct 19, 4 PM ETpeak: on 13 front pages

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 19, 12 PM6 PMOct 206 AM12 PM613leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 19, 9 AM to Oct 20, 2 PM ET (peak 13), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 18, 12 PMOct 1912 PMOct 2012 PMCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Oct 16, 7:00 PM ET: DHS Secretary Mullin calls Ilhan Omar probe a "strong case"BreitbartBreitbartBreitbart, Oct 18, 11:00 AM ET: GOP Whip Calls For Squad’s Ilhan Omar to Be ‘Jailed and Deported’ If Her Citizenship Is a LieBreitbart, Oct 18, 9:00 PM ET: …Homan: Trump Admin Could Denaturalize, Deport Ilhan OmarThe Washington SunThe Washington SunThe Washington Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM ET: Homan Says the Trump Administration Has a ‘Strong Case’ Against Rep. Ilhan OmarNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 18, 2:00 PM ET: Homan, Mullin: 'Strong Case' in Omar Fraud ProbeThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 18, 2:00 PM ET: Trump ‘border czar’ says Ilhan Omar could be ‘of course’ denaturalized and deportedFox NewsFox NewsFox News, Oct 18, 3:00 PM ET: Border czar warns denaturalization possible as feds claim 'strong case' against OmarFox News, Oct 19, 8:00 AM ET: Ilhan Omar should be jailed, deported if citizenship fraud is proven, Top House Republican saysThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway PunditThe Gateway Pundit, Oct 18, 6:00 PM ET: Border Czar Tom Homan Confirms Plans to ‘Denaturalize and Deport’ Ilhan Omar if Investigators Prove Immigration Fraud (VIDEO)New York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 18, 6:00 PM ET: Homan says Ilhan Omar could be stripped of naturalization, deported if immigration fraud is provenNews NationNews NationNews Nation, Oct 18, 9:00 PM ET: Homan: Investigators have a 'strong case' against OmarNews Nation, Oct 19, 10:00 AM ET: Ilhan Omar probe: Border czar says investigators have 'strong case'Just the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 19, 9:00 AM ET: Investigators may have 'strong case' for immigration fraud against Rep. Omar, border czar Homan saysThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 19, 11:00 AM ET: Homan Says Ilhan Omar Could Be Denaturalized If Found to Have Violated Immigration LawsPJ MediaPJ MediaPJ Media, Oct 19, 1:00 PM ET: Here's How Ilhan Omar Could Face DenaturalizationThe New RepublicThe New RepublicThe New Republic, Oct 19, 3:00 PM ET: Trump’s Border Czar Hints at Sick Next Steps to Target Ilhan Omar📺 TVFox News, 9:18 AM ET: EMMER: OMAR SHOULD LOSE CITIZENSHIP IF SHE LIEDFox News, 10:51 AM ET: OBAMA DEFENDS ILHAN OMARCNN, 2:37 PM ET: HOMAN SAYS FEDS HAVE "STRONG CASE" AGAINST REP. OMARCNN, 2:38 PM ET: HOMAN SAYS FEDS HAVE "STRONG CASE" AGAINST REP. OMARFox News, 4:43 PM ET: 2024: BIDEN DOJ INVESTIGATED OMAR'S FINANCES
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💬 quoted: “strong case” 3 “Denaturalize and Deport” “Jailed and Deported” “border czar” “of course”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 immigration fraud

✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • Breitbart (2 wordings): “GOP Whip Calls For Squad’s Ilhan Omar to Be ‘Jailed and Deported’ If Her Citizenship Is a Lie” → “…Homan: Trump Admin Could Denaturalize, Deport Ilhan Omar”
  • Fox News (2 wordings): “Border czar warns denaturalization possible as feds claim 'strong case' against Omar” → “Ilhan Omar should be jailed, deported if citizenship fraud is proven, Top House Republican says”
  • News Nation (2 wordings): “Homan: Investigators have a 'strong case' against Omar” → “Ilhan Omar probe: Border czar says investigators have 'strong case'”
Every outlet's first headline (13), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN83 s
Fox News36 s
  • HOMAN SAYS FEDS HAVE "STRONG CASE" AGAINST REP. OMAR CNN, 83 s
  • 2024: BIDEN DOJ INVESTIGATED OMAR'S FINANCES Fox News, 19 s
  • EMMER: OMAR SHOULD LOSE CITIZENSHIP IF SHE LIED Fox News, 9 s
  • OBAMA DEFENDS ILHAN OMAR Fox News, 8 s

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ Morning Wire 📨 Erick Erickson 📺 MeidasTouch 🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Ilhan Omar House Republicans Katherine Homan U.S. Customs and Border Protection GOP Whip

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Ilhan Omar immigration probe

  1. Trump criticizes Omar following raid

    Oct 13, 2 PM ET

  2. Federal raid on Rep. Omar's home criticized by Democrats

    Oct 13, 8 PM ET

  3. Federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar focuses on citizenship status

    Oct 16, 8 PM ET

  4. Border czar says investigators have strong case against Ilhan Omar (this story)

    Oct 19, 9 AM ET

  5. Obama criticizes Trump administration's investigation of Ilhan Omar

    Oct 19, 1 AM ET

  6. Feds have dna evidence in ilhan omar immigration fraud probe

    Oct 17, 4 PM ET

  7. Federal investigators question Ilhan Omar's sister

    Oct 12, 9 AM ET

  8. Federal agents raid Ilhan Omar's DC home

    Oct 21, 12 PM ET