Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home in criminal probe

Mullin publicly disclosed the investigation in September podcast interview

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations searched the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) as part of a criminal investigation, people familiar with the matter said. The specific nature of the investigation could not immediately be determined.

The Justice Department said in a statement that the agents executed a court-authorized search in the D.C. area but declined to elaborate. Omar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin publicly cited a continuing federal investigation into Omar in a September interview with a conservative podcaster, accusing her of having “married her brother to try to bring him into the United States.” The allegation is one Omar has denied for more than a decade. Mullin added that federal officials are investigating her past marriage as well as how her family immigrated to the United States.

In a Wall Street Journal interview earlier in 2026, Omar said she was never married to her brother and never committed immigration fraud.

Omar, 44, has long been a top target of attacks from President Trump and conservatives, and has been the subject of GOP-led investigations. A massive welfare-fraud scandal in Minnesota — heavily tied to her fellow Somali immigrants — has added to the political pressure on the congresswoman.

She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1982 into an affluent family, and arrived in the United States in the 1990s. After initially settling in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., her family moved to Minnesota as she entered high school.

Omar shares her Washington home with her husband, Tim Mynett, a former political consultant who once served on her campaign’s payroll. In recent years, Mynett has been involved in several businesses, including a venture-capital management firm in Washington, D.C., and a winery in Santa Rosa, California.

Omar was first elected in 2018 from a heavily Democratic district that includes Minneapolis. She is one of the original members of what is known as the Squad, a group of progressive congresswomen of color known for challenging Democratic leadership and being vocal critics of Trump.