Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Ilhan Omar's (Rep-D Minnesota) case, "a strong case" built on a judge-signed warrant and others served Monday, Oct. 12, will go to a grand jury. Omar is uncharged, her lawyers want the seized items back, and Trump officials who examined her in 2019 found no citizenship problems.
Catch up
- Oct. 12 — Federal agents searched Omar's Washington home in a criminal immigration-fraud probe over papers her late father filed when she was a child; she became a citizen in 2000, at 17.
- Oct. 13 — D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told Fox News her office is examining Omar's financial disclosures, which valued husband Tim Mynett's two businesses at $15,000–$51,000 for 2023 and $6 million–$30 million for 2024; an April amendment, which Omar's office blamed on an accounting error, cut the couple's reported assets to $18,004–$95,000. Trump said he takes "no position" on deporting her.
- Oct. 14 — Reports showed agents took her personal phone and a Minnesota grand jury subpoenaed her relatives, as investigators examined whether her age was falsified.
2 earlier issues
Where it stands
- Mullin: "We had a judge sign it, and we expect to be able to take the case to a grand jury… it's a strong case."
- Omar's lawyers asked federal prosecutors to return the items seized from her Washington home.
- Omar calls the investigation political; it concerns immigration papers her family filed decades ago.