[UPDATE] Federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro opens a review of Ilhan Omar's financial disclosures a day after agents searched her home; Trump says he takes 'no position' on deporting her

Homeland Security Investigations agents (ICE's criminal-investigation arm) searched the Washington home of Ilhan Omar (Rep-D Minnesota) on Monday, Oct. 12, under a court-authorized warrant. The probe reportedly centers on immigration paperwork her late father filled out when she was a child. The search came 22 days before the Nov. 3 midterms. The second probe. On Tuesday, Oct. 13, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is also examining Omar's financial disclosures. The White House. Trump called Omar "a terrible person" and "a terrible congresswoman" but said "I don't take a position" on deporting her and that the case is up to the Justice Department. The Justice Department. It rejected the claim that its policy bars investigative steps within 60 days of an election. (TS: True to the letter: there's no fixed blackout, but DOJ's manual bars timing any step to sway an election.) Omar. She called the search "an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement" and turned it into a fundraising appeal. Democrats say privately they expect more "October surprises." Still open. Neither probe has produced a charge, and the reporting has not shown that the immigration case and the money review are connected.