DHS Says Large Omar Case Reaches DOJ

Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home on Oct. 12, 2026, and carried out boxes. Agents also searched her sister's residence and seized her phone. More than a dozen grand jury subpoenas have gone to relatives; the grand jury is in Minnesota. On Oct. 31, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News that DHS presented the Justice Department a large case involving Omar and multiple people, with DOJ leading. Prosecutors said in a court filing this week the investigation of Omar and other individuals is continuing without naming them. The inquiry includes allegations of immigration fraud tied to a marriage to Ahmed Elmi, whom critics allege is her brother, and statements on government documents including her age listed as 17 at her father's naturalization. Asked whether she married her brother, Omar told MS Now, "Not to my knowledge." Of an earlier marriage to Ahmed Hirsi she said "we never finalized the application and thus were never legally married." A prior investigation began under the Obama administration and was officially shut down in 2021 by a Biden-appointed U.S. attorney in Minnesota. Mullin said the government is enforcing laws equally and not weaponizing or playing politics. More than 170 House Democrats urged DOJ to drop the probe. Omar is on the ballot Tuesday.