WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Federal investigators subpoenaed Ilhan Omar’s sister and other family members while examining possible fraud and false statements in immigration paperwork.
  • Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar’s Washington home under a judicially authorized warrant connected to an ongoing criminal investigation.
  • Omar’s staff requested that a Minnesota library change her listed birth year from 1981 to 1982.
  • A separate federal examination concerns financial disclosures involving two businesses tied to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett.

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration history is under renewed federal scrutiny after Homeland Security Investigations agents searched her Washington, D.C., home early Monday. The widening examination includes subpoenas sent to relatives and fresh attention on a change to the birth year listed in public biographies.

Federal investigators subpoenaed Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, and at least one other person in her family circle, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation. Fox News also learned that multiple members of Omar’s family received subpoenas.

The Times said investigators are examining possible fraud and false statements in immigration paperwork. It also reported that investigators have reviewed the immigration history of Omar’s family, including whether her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, lied or omitted information on immigration forms before becoming a citizen.

Two sources familiar with the probe told Fox News Digital that Monday’s search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving Omar’s immigration paperwork. The Justice Department confirmed that agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant in an ongoing federal criminal investigation.

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Omar has repeatedly denied immigration wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of turning federal law enforcement against her. “I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” she wrote Monday on X.

“For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” Omar continued. “I will not be silenced.”

A separate report from the New York Post brought the biography discrepancy back into focus. According to emails reviewed by the outlet, Omar’s congressional staff contacted the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library in May 2019 and requested that her listed birth year be changed from 1981 to 1982.

“On May 17, 2019, Library staff were informed by Rep. Omar’s congressional staff that her birth year was incorrect and requested that we change it to 1982,” the library’s director wrote in a May 24, 2019, email, according to the Post. The director also said Omar’s staff were working with Wikipedia, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and other sources to correct the year.

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The library’s initial 1981 listing did not come from a birth certificate or other supporting documentation. Another email cited by the Post said the date came from other reference sources and was added: “without documentation.”

The discrepancy alone does not establish that Omar falsified immigration records. Neither report established that the requested biography change caused or prompted the search of her home.

Omar has said she obtained citizenship through her father’s naturalization in 2000, before she turned 18. “I became a citizen actually before I turned 18,” she told The Intercept in September 2018, adding, “My father became a citizen, and so I got my citizenship through that process.”

AJ Kern, who unsuccessfully challenged Omar in the 2022 Democratic primary, questioned whether Omar was still a minor when her father became a citizen, according to the Post. Kern said she filed a Federal Election Commission complaint and sued to demand proof of Omar’s citizenship, but a state judge dismissed the lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction.

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The exact scope of the federal investigation remains unclear. Grand jury subpoenas seek evidence and do not mean, by themselves, that recipients are suspected of wrongdoing, while the Times reported that previous federal inquiries did not produce charges.

A separate financial examination is also active. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday that her office was investigating disclosures that initially showed two businesses tied to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, rising in combined reported value from approximately $15,000 to $51,000 in 2023 to between $6 million and $30 million in 2024.

The businesses were eStCru LLC, a California winery, and Rose Lake Capital LLC, a venture capital firm based in Washington. Omar amended the filings in April, lowering the couple’s combined reported assets to between $18,004 and $95,000, while her office said the earlier disclosures had not properly accounted for business liabilities.

Financial disclosures provide broad asset ranges and do not establish an exact net worth. In September, the Office of Congressional Conduct voted 5 to 1 to recommend that the House Ethics Committee dismiss related allegations, finding no substantial reason to believe Omar violated federal law or House rules by reporting false or incomplete information.

That congressional review is separate from the inquiry Pirro described, and it remains unclear whether the financial investigation is connected to Monday’s search. President Donald Trump renewed his criticism Tuesday, declaring, “America wants answers, and we want them, NOW!”

Vice President JD Vance said he had no advance knowledge of the search and stated, “If there’s a real case there, we’re going to follow the facts.” He added, “If there’s not a real case there, then we won’t.”

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