Omar Hires Lawyers Who Repped Biden, Lisa Page and E. Jean Carroll

Rep. Ilhan Omar has hired two Washington attorneys whose résumés read like a greatest-hits list of Democratic legal battles with Donald Trump, as she faces two federal investigations.

Omar retained Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, both partners at Hecker Fink LLP, according to a CBS report cited by Fox News. The probes, which are allegations rather than findings, concern alleged immigration fraud and alleged discrepancies in her financial disclosures. Homeland Security Investigations searched her Washington, D.C., home on Oct. 12.

Jeffress is a former federal prosecutor who says she tried more than 40 cases in a decade at the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office. She later served as counsel to then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House January 6 committee, and represented Joe Biden in his lawsuit against the Justice Department over recordings with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer. She also represented former FBI attorney Lisa Page. Jeffress is married to U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who ruled in May that adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center was illegal; Trump called Cooper "highly conflicted" over the relationship.

Matz clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy and served as counsel to House Democrats during both failed impeachment efforts against Trump. He also represented E. Jean Carroll in two civil cases against Trump.

A letter from 175 House Democrats, led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, has asked the administration to halt the probe. In a video posted earlier this month, Omar asked supporters to keep donating, saying her fight against the investigations would be costly. Her attorneys and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.