Federal Investigators Seize Omar’s Phone and Subpoena Relatives in Probe

Federal authorities investigating Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar have seized her phone and issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some relatives, according to a person briefed on the probe. The investigation is examining potential fraud in her family’s immigration paperwork, and agents searched her Washington, D.C., home weeks before the midterms. Omar condemned the search as a politically motivated effort to weaponize federal law enforcement.

Agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence in Washington, D.C., on Monday, about three weeks before the November elections, when she is running for another term. Her phone was taken, and more than twelve subpoenas were issued for a grand jury, with some going to family members, an unnamed source familiar with the inquiry said.

The review reportedly centers on whether fraud occurred in immigration documents tied to her family. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has pointed toward that possibility. Washington’s U.S. attorney, Jeanine Pirro, said multiple probes involving Omar are underway, including one about her financial disclosure filings. Omar describes the search as political targeting.