Ilhan Omar appears clueless on basis for federal probes: You probably have more details on that
Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told Fox News Digital on Tuesday she was never informed by federal agencies of the grounds on which she is being investigated — even claiming she isn’t sure how many probes into her there are."No, no," she said when asked if she had been told exactly the basis for the investigations.There are two known ongoing federal probes into the Somali-born congresswoman — the first, confirmed by sources to Fox News Digital, is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) looking into whether her immigration paperwork was fraudulently filled out by herself or her father; and the second is investigating her financial disclosures discrepancies and was confirmed publicly by U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.ILHAN OMAR'S TURBULENT WEEK EXPLAINED: THE DUELING PROBES THAT THREW THE SOMALI-BORN PROGRESSIVE INTO CHAOSRep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is denying that federal agents have told her what she is under investigation for and spoke to Fox News Digital about the status of her items that were seized after her Washington, D.C., home was raided Oct.
12, 2026.(REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)On Omar’s first day back on Capitol Hill following the investigations, she told Fox News Digital she doesn't know if DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are each investigating her independently."I’m not sure," Omar said.
"You probably have more details on that."The congresswoman's feigned innocence on the matter came after she had a two-hour meeting with her lawyers at her Capitol Hill office on Tuesday.The news of the federal investigations first gained steam after Fox News Digital first reported that agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were executing a federal raid on Omar’s Washington, D.C., residence on Oct.12.
Sources confirmed the search was in relation to an investigation into Omar's immigration paperwork.The Somali-born lawmaker arrived in the U.S.in 1995 as a refugee fleeing civil war after spending four years in a refugee...