New developments reported in Ilhan Omar investigation

Fox News posted a YouTube video titled "EXPLOSIVE development in Ilhan Omar probe | Watters: The $30M question." The channel's description says the segment comes from "Fox & Friends," with Jesse Watters discussing the case with Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday, October 12, 2026. She was present with her husband, Tim Mynett. The Associated Press reported that agents carried boxes from the residence, photographed by AP. Two people familiar with the matter told the AP the search formed part of a criminal investigation whose details remained unclear. Omar has denied allegations of immigration fraud.

Agents seized her cellphone, computers, notebooks and passport, according to The Wall Street Journal as cited across outlets. Fox News reported that more than a dozen family members and relatives were subpoenaed. Mynett spoke to reporters outside the home defending Omar's immigration timeline, Fox News Digital said. A day later, Pirro confirmed on Fox News' "America Reports" that her office was investigating Omar's financial disclosures.

Omar's 2024 congressional filing showed between $6 million and $30 million in assets tied to two businesses run by Mynett, against $15,000 to $51,000 reported for 2023. The eStCru LLC winery valuation jumped from $15,000-$50,000 to $1 million-$5 million. Rose Lake Capital LLC rose from $1-$1,000 to $5 million-$25 million. An amended 2025 disclosure cut combined assets to $18,004-$95,000 and valued the businesses at zero. The National Legal and Policy Center filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Conduct in February 2026. That office voted 5-1 in September to recommend dismissal of the misconduct allegations.

Stanford Law School Professor David Sklansky wrote that Omar has not been charged. He noted the search came three weeks before an election and implicated Justice Department policies against timing investigative steps to influence elections. Judge Matthew Sharbaugh of D.C. District Court limited the scope of the search warrant. Omar's lawyers accused federal authorities of violating the judge's restrictions and demanded return of the seized property, according to reporting referenced by Sklansky.

Hours after the search, President Donald Trump attacked Omar at an Ohio rally. "I understand they're looking at her very carefully. I've always found her to be totally crooked, personally, but that has nothing to do with me," Trump said. The crowd chanted "deport." Trump also said, "I don't know what they're doing with it, but I can tell you this: she's a disaster."