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, it’s, you know, working — working class, I guess, like paycheck to paycheck still," Omar said.

"We’ve got four kids, and we live, I think, like a basic life.

I have a Toyota Camry that’s 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 Omar’s 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.

ILHAN OMAR BELIEVES TRUMP RAID ON HOME WAS MEANT TO 'INTIMIDATE AND SCARE PEOPLE' FROM VOTING 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 they’re running scared.

We’re not going to be intimidated.

We’re not going to be silenced." The Democratic National Committee has also sent out its own fundraising email based on Omar’s campaign request for money.

"It’s Ilhan Omar — Trump’s 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." ILHAN OMAR'S WEALTH SCANDAL TAKES A TURN JUST ONE DAY AFTER RAID OF HER DC HOME 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.