LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (Nationwide Times) — Federal agents searched the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, on Oct. 12, 2026, as part of a criminal investigation, The Associated Press reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Omar’s office confirmed the search, USA TODAY reported. The Justice Department said Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a court-authorized warrant that the department had secured in the Washington, D.C., area.
“This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation,” a department spokesperson said. The department gave no further details and did not identify the investigation’s focus. Homeland Security Investigations is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
Omar, who has denied immigration-fraud allegations made by administration officials, said she would “not be silenced” and described the allegations as “disgusting lies.”
President Donald Trump told reporters after the search that he had “nothing to do” with it and that it was “really up to the DOJ.”
Senior Justice Department leaders, including acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter, were consulted before the search and approved it, NPR reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
McCotter assumed the role on Aug. 10, 2026, according to the Justice Department. The deputy attorney general helps direct and supervise the department.
Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the investigation, that the probe involved Omar’s childhood immigration paperwork, which her late father filled out. Fox News also reported that investigators were examining immigration documents filed by her father. The Justice Department’s statement did not connect the search to those allegations.
Vice President JD Vance had publicly called for an investigation months before the search. In a March interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Vance said, without offering evidence, that “we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America.” Omar’s office called his claims “fabricated and defamatory.”
Vance also said he and Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, had discussed how to investigate Omar.
In May, Vance told reporters: “It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice under the laws.”
“So we’re going to investigate it. We’re going to take a look at it. If we think there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime. And that’s something the Department of Justice is looking at right now,” he said.
In September, Omar said Homeland Security officials had not contacted her about an investigation. That month, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin referred to an “ongoing investigation” while discussing possible fraud in her family’s immigration paperwork. “Something’s going to happen,” he said.
