Trump supports staying out of DOJ cases according to Vance in a Fox News clip

'HUGE DISCREPANCY': Ilhan Omar's finances RAISE FLAGS [Native YouTube auto-generated English captions; publisher: Fox News; speaker labels reviewed separately] Unidentified speaker [00:00:02-00:00:04 (2 sec)] So, federal authorities seizing Unidentified speaker [00:00:04-00:00:06 (2 sec)] Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's phone during Unidentified speaker [00:00:06-00:00:09 (3 sec)] a search tied to potential fraud in her Unidentified speaker [00:00:09-00:00:11 (2 sec)] immigration paperwork. This comes amid a Unidentified speaker [00:00:11-00:00:13 (2 sec)] separate investigation into her Unidentified speaker [00:00:13-00:00:16 (3 sec)] financial disclosures. Democrats in the Unidentified speaker [00:00:16-00:00:18 (2 sec)] media are slamming the investigation as Unidentified speaker [00:00:18-00:00:21 (3 sec)] political persecution. Unidentified speaker [00:00:21-00:00:24 (3 sec)] >> This is xenophobic. I think it's racist. Unidentified speaker [00:00:24-00:00:25 (1 sec)] >> Donald Trump, obviously, he's been Unidentified speaker [00:00:25-00:00:27 (2 sec)] targeting Congresswoman Omar with racist Unidentified speaker [00:00:27-00:00:29 (2 sec)] invective and political threats for Unidentified speaker [00:00:29-00:00:30 (1 sec)] years now. Unidentified speaker [00:00:30-00:00:32 (2 sec)] >> This isn't about justice. It's not about Unidentified speaker [00:00:32-00:00:33 (1 sec)] an actual search for the truth. It's Unidentified speaker [00:00:33-00:00:36 (3 sec)] always about a partisan political agenda Unidentified speaker [00:00:36-00:00:39 (3 sec)] or petty racism or xenophobia, like you Unidentified speaker [00:00:39-00:00:39 (0 sec)] see here. Unidentified speaker [00:00:39-00:00:42 (3 sec)] >> There's nothing there relative to Unidentified speaker [00:00:42-00:00:46 (4 sec)] behavior that should merit this type of Unidentified speaker [00:00:46-00:00:50 (4 sec)] extraordinary raid, let alone inside of Unidentified speaker [00:00:50-00:00:53 (3 sec)] 30 days from the date of the election. Unidentified speaker [00:00:53-00:00:55 (2 sec)] >> With us now is John Yoo, former Deputy Unidentified speaker [00:00:55-00:00:57 (2 sec)] Assistant Attorney General, UC Berkeley Unidentified speaker [00:00:57-00:01:00 (3 sec)] law professor, and former Justice Thomas Unidentified speaker [00:01:00-00:01:02 (2 sec)] law clerk. Uh, Unidentified speaker [00:01:02-00:01:03 (1 sec)] it's good to see you, sir. Unidentified speaker [00:01:03-00:01:03 (0 sec)] >> Good to see you. Unidentified speaker [00:01:03-00:01:06 (3 sec)] >> Um, so, John, w- w- when I look at the Unidentified speaker [00:01:06-00:01:08 (2 sec)] evidence that the Department has, that's Unidentified speaker [00:01:08-00:01:11 (3 sec)] publicly available uh so far, when I Unidentified speaker [00:01:11-00:01:13 (2 sec)] look at Omar's financial disclosures Unidentified speaker [00:01:13-00:01:15 (2 sec)] that were modified, if we can throw that Unidentified speaker [00:01:15-00:01:16 (1 sec)] up on the screen, I think it really Unidentified speaker [00:01:16-00:01:19 (3 sec)] tells a story. She amended her filings. Unidentified speaker [00:01:19-00:01:22 (3 sec)] It was between uh in 2025 6 million and Unidentified speaker [00:01:22-00:01:24 (2 sec)] 30 million million, but it was amended Unidentified speaker [00:01:24-00:01:28 (4 sec)] filing filing from 18,000 to 95,000. Unidentified speaker [00:01:28-00:01:30 (2 sec)] Whenever you do some sort of Unidentified speaker [00:01:30-00:01:31 (1 sec)] modification, Unidentified speaker [00:01:31-00:01:34 (3 sec)] there're going to be alarm bells, right? Unidentified speaker [00:01:34-00:01:36 (2 sec)] >> First, I mean, this is not about oh, I Unidentified speaker [00:01:36-00:01:40 (4 sec)] misvalued a stock or I didn't know my Unidentified speaker [00:01:40-00:01:41 (1 sec)] mother-in-law had this little piece of Unidentified speaker [00:01:41-00:01:45 (4 sec)] property. This is 100 times, right? This Unidentified speaker [00:01:45-00:01:48 (3 sec)] is a huge discrepancy. One, two, she's a Unidentified speaker [00:01:48-00:01:51 (3 sec)] congresswoman from a district in which Unidentified speaker [00:01:51-00:01:53 (2 sec)] the Justice Department is going after Unidentified speaker [00:01:53-00:01:56 (3 sec)] billions in dollar millions of dollars Unidentified speaker [00:01:56-00:01:57 (1 sec)] in welfare fraud. Unidentified speaker [00:01:57-00:01:57 (0 sec)] >> Mhm. Unidentified speaker [00:01:57-00:02:00 (3 sec)] >> Some of that money, we're worried, has Unidentified speaker [00:02:00-00:02:01 (1 sec)] ended up in the hands of terrorist Unidentified speaker [00:02:01-00:02:05 (4 sec)] groups back in Africa, back in Somalia. Unidentified speaker [00:02:05-00:02:07 (2 sec)] And so, you'd want to ask, I think, as a Unidentified speaker [00:02:07-00:02:09 (2 sec)] responsible investigator, Unidentified speaker [00:02:09-00:02:11 (2 sec)] did some of the money from that welfare Unidentified speaker [00:02:11-00:02:14 (3 sec)] fraud either end up in her hands or her Unidentified speaker [00:02:14-00:02:16 (2 sec)] her family's hands? Was there any kind Unidentified speaker [00:02:16-00:02:18 (2 sec)] of money laundering involved? Was there Unidentified speaker [00:02:18-00:02:22 (4 sec)] any kind of conspiracy? Or did she maybe Unidentified speaker [00:02:22-00:02:25 (3 sec)] help conspire to cover up what she knew Unidentified speaker [00:02:25-00:02:27 (2 sec)] or what others had done, even if she did Unidentified speaker [00:02:27-00:02:29 (2 sec)] not financially benefit herself? Unidentified speaker [00:02:29-00:02:32 (3 sec)] >> So, that is one investigation. And of Unidentified speaker [00:02:32-00:02:33 (1 sec)] course, even though there's different Unidentified speaker [00:02:33-00:02:35 (2 sec)] agencies investigating this, you know Unidentified speaker [00:02:35-00:02:37 (2 sec)] it's all going to end up with the Unidentified speaker [00:02:37-00:02:38 (1 sec)] Department of Justice having to Unidentified speaker [00:02:38-00:02:41 (3 sec)] prosecute. The other part is the actual Unidentified speaker [00:02:41-00:02:43 (2 sec)] citizenship, which is actually a little Unidentified speaker [00:02:43-00:02:46 (3 sec)] bit more tedious of an investigation. Unidentified speaker [00:02:46-00:02:48 (2 sec)] They're going back trying to figure out Unidentified speaker [00:02:48-00:02:50 (2 sec)] if her and her father lied on the Unidentified speaker [00:02:50-00:02:53 (3 sec)] paperwork. What do you know about that? Unidentified speaker [00:02:53-00:02:55 (2 sec)] >> So, first, in a way, this is easier Unidentified speaker [00:02:55-00:02:57 (2 sec)] because the Constitution says Unidentified speaker [00:02:57-00:02:58 (1 sec)] >> Right. Unidentified speaker [00:02:58-00:02:59 (1 sec)] >> to be a member of the House of Unidentified speaker [00:02:59-00:03:01 (2 sec)] Representatives, you have to be a Unidentified speaker [00:03:01-00:03:03 (2 sec)] citizen of the United States. That's a Unidentified speaker [00:03:03-00:03:05 (2 sec)] easy question. Yes or no. Is she a Unidentified speaker [00:03:05-00:03:08 (3 sec)] citizen or is she not a citizen? Unidentified speaker [00:03:08-00:03:09 (1 sec)] All you have to do is figure out, did Unidentified speaker [00:03:09-00:03:12 (3 sec)] she tell the truth in her citizenship Unidentified speaker [00:03:12-00:03:15 (3 sec)] papers? If she's not If she didn't, then Unidentified speaker [00:03:15-00:03:16 (1 sec)] she's not a citizen and she shouldn't be Unidentified speaker [00:03:16-00:03:19 (3 sec)] in Congress. Now, whether it's criminal Unidentified speaker [00:03:19-00:03:22 (3 sec)] or not depends on did she knowingly help Unidentified speaker [00:03:22-00:03:24 (2 sec)] her father or did she knowingly herself Unidentified speaker [00:03:24-00:03:27 (3 sec)] lie in that paperwork and continue to do Unidentified speaker [00:03:27-00:03:29 (2 sec)] so over time when she registered to Unidentified speaker [00:03:29-00:03:31 (2 sec)] vote, when she filed different kinds of Unidentified speaker [00:03:31-00:03:34 (3 sec)] papers. That could be also the basis Unidentified speaker [00:03:34-00:03:36 (2 sec)] for, as you said, a separate criminal Unidentified speaker [00:03:36-00:03:37 (1 sec)] investigation. Unidentified speaker [00:03:37-00:03:40 (3 sec)] >> So, John, um even though this started Unidentified speaker [00:03:40-00:03:42 (2 sec)] under the Biden administration, at least Unidentified speaker [00:03:42-00:03:44 (2 sec)] part of this investigation, one of the Unidentified speaker [00:03:44-00:03:46 (2 sec)] allegations is is that it's political. Unidentified speaker [00:03:46-00:03:49 (3 sec)] J.D. Vance spoke directly to this Unidentified speaker [00:03:49-00:03:51 (2 sec)] situation. Let's play it. Unidentified speaker [00:03:51-00:03:54 (3 sec)] >> We try to let the law follow the facts Unidentified speaker [00:03:54-00:03:55 (1 sec)] rather than creating facts just to Unidentified speaker [00:03:55-00:03:57 (2 sec)] prosecute people we don't like. And Unidentified speaker [00:03:57-00:03:58 (1 sec)] because of that, I think the president Unidentified speaker [00:03:58-00:04:00 (2 sec)] and I largely try to stay out of Unidentified speaker [00:04:00-00:04:01 (1 sec)] Department of Justice investigations and Unidentified speaker [00:04:01-00:04:03 (2 sec)] other prosecutions. Now, I I do know Unidentified speaker [00:04:03-00:04:05 (2 sec)] that there are some serious allegations Unidentified speaker [00:04:05-00:04:07 (2 sec)] against Ilhan Omar. We're going to look Unidentified speaker [00:04:07-00:04:08 (1 sec)] into those. And again, if there's a real Unidentified speaker [00:04:08-00:04:10 (2 sec)] case there, we're going to follow the Unidentified speaker [00:04:10-00:04:12 (2 sec)] facts. If there's not a real case there, Unidentified speaker [00:04:12-00:04:14 (2 sec)] then we won't. Unidentified speaker [00:04:14-00:04:15 (1 sec)] >> What does the White House, as well as Unidentified speaker [00:04:15-00:04:18 (3 sec)] Department of Justice, need to do to Unidentified speaker [00:04:18-00:04:21 (3 sec)] ensure that they're following the facts Unidentified speaker [00:04:21-00:04:23 (2 sec)] and they're not criticized for her being Unidentified speaker [00:04:23-00:04:26 (3 sec)] some sort of political opponent? Unidentified speaker [00:04:26-00:04:28 (2 sec)] >> Uh first of all, we should remember that Unidentified speaker [00:04:28-00:04:30 (2 sec)] if there are any accusations of lawfare, Unidentified speaker [00:04:30-00:04:31 (1 sec)] this pales in comparison to what the Unidentified speaker [00:04:31-00:04:34 (3 sec)] Biden administration did, weaponizing Unidentified speaker [00:04:34-00:04:37 (3 sec)] the Justice Department to try to drive Unidentified speaker [00:04:37-00:04:39 (2 sec)] the major candidate of the Republican Unidentified speaker [00:04:39-00:04:41 (2 sec)] Party in the presidential election out Unidentified speaker [00:04:41-00:04:42 (1 sec)] of the race. I mean, this is just not Unidentified speaker [00:04:42-00:04:44 (2 sec)] even close in terms of the magnitude. Unidentified speaker [00:04:44-00:04:47 (3 sec)] But, I think what the Justice Department Unidentified speaker [00:04:47-00:04:49 (2 sec)] has to do is work with the courts. They Unidentified speaker [00:04:49-00:04:51 (2 sec)] have to get search warrants. They have Unidentified speaker [00:04:51-00:04:53 (2 sec)] to persuade a judge, as they did here, Unidentified speaker [00:04:53-00:04:54 (1 sec)] that there's probable cause, that Unidentified speaker [00:04:54-00:04:57 (3 sec)] there's some evidence of a crime in her Unidentified speaker [00:04:57-00:05:00 (3 sec)] house, in her papers, on her phone. And Unidentified speaker [00:05:00-00:05:01 (1 sec)] to be open and forthcoming with the Unidentified speaker [00:05:01-00:05:04 (3 sec)] public about why they're doing this and Unidentified speaker [00:05:04-00:05:06 (2 sec)] what they're finding. Look, inevitably, Unidentified speaker [00:05:06-00:05:07 (1 sec)] because she's a member of Congress, Unidentified speaker [00:05:07-00:05:09 (2 sec)] there are going to be accusations of Unidentified speaker [00:05:09-00:05:12 (3 sec)] politicization, but as you said, March, Unidentified speaker [00:05:12-00:05:13 (1 sec)] this started before the Trump Unidentified speaker [00:05:13-00:05:15 (2 sec)] administration. This is something that's Unidentified speaker [00:05:15-00:05:17 (2 sec)] crossed administrations and crossed Unidentified speaker [00:05:17-00:05:20 (3 sec)] parties. I would also, if I were the Unidentified speaker [00:05:20-00:05:21 (1 sec)] White House and the Justice Department, Unidentified speaker [00:05:21-00:05:23 (2 sec)] show how that started under previous Unidentified speaker [00:05:23-00:05:24 (1 sec)] administrations. Unidentified speaker [00:05:24-00:05:26 (2 sec)] >> So important. And I I I think it's Unidentified speaker [00:05:26-00:05:28 (2 sec)] important to note before we go, the D.C. Unidentified speaker [00:05:28-00:05:31 (3 sec)] courts aren't known to be Republican Unidentified speaker [00:05:31-00:05:34 (3 sec)] appointees. So, uh if there is a federal Unidentified speaker [00:05:34-00:05:37 (3 sec)] judge that has signed off on this, they Unidentified speaker [00:05:37-00:05:39 (2 sec)] were probably appointed by a Democrat. Unidentified speaker [00:05:39-00:05:41 (2 sec)] So, uh people should take that into Unidentified speaker [00:05:41-00:05:42 (1 sec)] consideration. Unidentified speaker [00:05:42-00:05:44 (2 sec)] >> the court I would want to be in front Unidentified speaker [00:05:44-00:05:45 (1 sec)] of. Let me tell you that much. Unidentified speaker [00:05:45-00:05:47 (2 sec)] >> Thank you, John. Appreciate it. 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