LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (Nationwide Times) — Federal agents searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home 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, according to USA TODAY. The Justice Department said Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a court-authorized warrant secured by the department in the Washington, D.C., area. The agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
The Justice Department said the search was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation but gave no further details, including its focus.
Senior Justice Department officials, including acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter, were consulted before the search and approved it, NPR reported, citing unnamed sources. The department identifies McCotter as having assumed the role on Aug. 10, 2026. The deputy attorney general helps direct and supervise the department.
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.”
Omar, who represents Minnesota, said she would “not be silenced.” She has denied immigration-fraud allegations and described them as “disgusting lies.”
Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the investigation, that the probe involved Omar’s childhood immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father. Fox News also reported that investigators were examining immigration documents filed by her father. The Justice Department did not identify immigration fraud as the focus of its investigation.
Vice President JD Vance had publicly accused Omar of immigration fraud months before the search. In a March interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, Vance said, “we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America.” He offered no evidence for the allegation, AP reported.
Omar’s office dismissed Vance’s March claims as “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. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin referred to an “ongoing investigation” while discussing possible fraud in her family’s immigration paperwork during an interview with Johnson. “Something’s going to happen,” Mullin said.
