LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13 (Nationwide Times) — Federal agents searched 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 also confirmed the search.
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 department gave no further details about the investigation or its focus.
Omar, a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, said she would “not be silenced.” She has denied immigration-fraud allegations and called them “disgusting lies.” Her office confirmed the search to USA TODAY.
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. The Justice Department says McCotter assumed the role on Aug. 10, 2026. 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 late father. The Justice Department did not identify a connection between the search and immigration-fraud allegations.
Vice President JD Vance had publicly pressed those allegations 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 claim, and Omar’s office called it “fabricated and defamatory.”
Vance also said he had discussed how to investigate Omar with Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff.
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 and said, “Something’s going to happen.”
