Ilhan Omar says she lives 'paycheck to paycheck' as DOJ probes financial disclosures

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., described herself as a member of the "working class" who lives "paycheck to paycheck" during an interview with MS NOW host Chris Hayes on Wednesday night.

"I mean, its, you know, working — working class, I guess, like paycheck to paycheck still," Omar said. "Weve got four kids, and we live, I think, like a basic life. I have a Toyota Camry thats from 2016."

Omar's characterization of her finances comes despite her $174,000 annual congressional salary and scrutiny over financial disclosures that once listed assets tied to her husband as being worth as much as $30 million.

The comments came during Omars first public appearance since Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents searched her Washington, D.C., residence on Oct. 12 as part of an investigation into possible immigration-related offenses.

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Since the raid, the representative has used the investigation twice as a reason to publicly fundraise.

"That goes a long way as we fight Trump and his administration for trying to intimidate me and so many people right before the midterm elections," Omar said in a video she uploaded to social media on Wednesday. "We know that theyre running scared. Were not going to be intimidated. Were not going to be silenced."

The Democratic National Committee has also sent out its own fundraising email based on Omars campaign request for money.

"Its Ilhan Omar — Trumps DHS agents just carried out a raid and search of my home," the email says. "This is a drastic escalation of the ludicrous, partisan investigation that they launched into my immigration status."

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Omar also acknowledged during the MS NOW interview that the federal agents who searched her home were "polite" and left the property in good condition, even folding some of her clothes.

"When they left, what did you do?" Hayes asked Omar.

"I just went back around the house just trying to make sure everything was put back," Omar replied. "And they did a really good job in putting everything back in its place. They actually even folded some of my clothing that [was] not folded. So it was … a very bizarre [situation]."

The Minnesota Democrat added that she thought the HSI agents who raided her home were "intrusive, but polite."

"And yeah, they, they left the house, I think, you know, in good shape," she told MS NOW.

Omar claimed during the interview that the federal agents were searching her house for four to five hours. She added that they left the raid with more than a dozen items, including notebooks and a childrens Somali-language phrasebook.

"[That] was why I was surprised when they handed me the receipt for the items that they take in, to do that long of a search and to walk away with 17 items, of like 10 that were just notebooks and, like, old phones. Was such a bizarre, bizarre thing," Omar said.

A separate Justice Department investigation is examining Omars financial disclosures, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said during an appearance on Fox News "America Reports."

The disclosures previously showed that the reported value of two businesses tied to O