Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says his department has handed the Justice Department what he described as a substantial federal case involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat. Even with that step, Omar has not been charged.
Mullin said Homeland Security Investigations completed extensive work before presenting material to federal prosecutors. He called it “a large case that we have presented to the DOJ,” while making [1] clear that the Justice Department is now leading the investigation.
The inquiry reaches beyond the congresswoman, according to what prosecutors told a court this week. “The investigation of [the Subject and] other individuals continues,” they wrote in a filing opposing the release of records connected to the case.
The filing did not identify any of those other individuals. It also offered no description of what possible roles they might have in the investigation, leaving their identities and involvement undisclosed.
Federal agents served a second warrant on the same day that they searched Omar’s Washington residence. That additional warrant was served at the home of her sister, Sahra Noor, where agents removed boxes of documents.
Grand jury subpoenas have also been sent to more than a dozen recipients, including relatives. The grand jury considering the evidence is sitting in Minnesota rather than Washington, placing that portion of the federal process in Omar’s home state.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said this month that the federal activity involving Omar is not limited to one matter. “There are several investigations going on,” Pirro said about the congresswoman.
Pirro’s office has also opened a separate review of Omar’s financial disclosures.
Mullin rejected accusations that the investigation is being driven by politics. “We’re not weaponizing, we’re not using political theater on this,” he said while discussing his department’s work on the case.
The Homeland Security secretary also said enforcement decisions do not depend on whether someone holds public office or belongs to a particular political party. According to Mullin, anyone who broke the law would receive the same treatment.
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“HSI did a lot of investigation to be able to present the case to them. And I’ll just say this again, we’re enforcing our nation’s laws and we’re going to do that. We’re not weaponizing. We’re not using political theater on this. Those of us involved in this case isn’t out here talking about it.”
“We’re enforcing our nation’s laws across the board equally and we’re going to continue to do that — and if Congress doesn’t like those laws they can change it!”
Mullin has already called this a “strong case.” Agents served multiple warrants the same day they hit Omar’s D.C. home, and roughly a dozen grand jury subpoenas went out
Potential future charges include conspiracy and false statements on immigration paperwork
Lying on your application has NO expiration date, and the statute of limitations won’t save her from denaturalization either!
SHE’S COOKED.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 30, 2026 [2]
Former President Barack Obama criticized selective government action in an Oct. 18 post on X. “The government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs,” Obama wrote.
It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.
Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.
Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.
Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.
In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.
The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 18, 2026 [3]
More than 170 House Democrats urged the Justice Department on Monday to abandon the inquiry. They pointed to a 2019 review conducted during the first Trump administration that found insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.
Mullin said earlier this month that investigators expected to bring the matter before a grand jury. While discussing the federal process at that time, he said, “We had a judge sign it.”
Omar has denied wrongdoing and has characterized the federal investigation as politically motivated. She has also denied the allegation that she married her brother, a long running claim that has never been established.
Attorney General Todd Blanche approved the warrant, according to the filing. Blanche also attested that the timing of the warrant was not intended to influence any election, while Omar is on the ballot Tuesday.
The investigation therefore remains active without a criminal charge against Omar. Prosecutors have said their work continues regarding the subject and other people, while the Justice Department maintains control of the inquiry presented by Homeland Security investigators.
The publicly described activity includes searches, document seizures, subpoenas, a Minnesota grand jury, and a separate examination of Omar’s financial disclosures. Officials have not publicly named the other individuals mentioned in the court filing or explained their possible roles.
For now, Omar continues to reject the allegations and the political character of the inquiry remains sharply disputed. Mullin, meanwhile, maintains that the department’s investigative work was extensive and that political office offers no shield from equal enforcement.