Mullin: DHS Handed DOJ a 'Large Case' in Ilhan Omar Probe

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says the federal investigation tied to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is bigger than one person, and that his department has already handed it to the Justice Department.

“This isn’t just a case that’s targeting one individual. This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations,” Mullin told Fox News on Friday, according to the New York Post. He said Homeland Security Investigations agents “did a lot of investigation to be able to present the case to them.”

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Agents served multiple warrants and sent out a dozen grand jury subpoenas.

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Omar has not been charged with any crime. She has called the investigation politically motivated, CBS News reported.

Warrants, subpoenas and a Minnesota grand jury

In a separate interview Friday with Andrew Kolvet, host of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” Mullin said the search of Omar’s Washington, D.C., home was not the only one, according to CBS News. “There was multiple other warrants served on that same day,” Mullin said. “We had a judge sign it, and we expect to be able to take the case to a grand jury.”

Mullin called it “a strong case,” CBS News reported, and said neither he nor President Trump wanted to move forward unless they were sure it could not be called politically driven.

NBC News, citing two people familiar with the investigation, reported that agents seized Omar’s phone during the search and that roughly a dozen subpoenas went out, including to members of her family. Those subpoenas are tied to a federal grand jury in Minnesota, Omar’s home state, according to NBC News, which reported that the congresswoman herself was not subpoenaed.

The possible charges cited by federal officials include conspiracy and making false statements on immigration paperwork, one of those people told NBC News. The network reported that the case is being run by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis and the Justice Department, and that it involves whistleblowers, documents and witness testimony.

What investigators are looking at

According to the New York Post, authorities are examining whether Omar committed immigration fraud through her marriage to Ahmed Elmi, a British citizen whom critics allege is her brother, and whether she made false statements on government documents.

CBS News reported that the documents under review date back to Omar’s childhood and include paperwork completed by her late father. NBC News reported that Omar, who was born in Somalia, was naturalized at 17, which means she could have received citizenship through a parent.

Mullin also suggested that coordinated immigration fraud could be prosecuted under federal racketeering laws, CBS News reported, though he did not say prosecutors were pursuing those charges against Omar.

“We’re not weaponizing”

Mullin pushed back on claims from Democrats that the probe is about politics days before the midterm elections. “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,” he said, according to the New York Post.

Asked about the investigation earlier this week, President Trump told reporters, “I think she’s a terrible person, but that’s really up to the DOJ,” CBS News reported.

The Justice Department now decides whether charges follow. Daily Beltway will keep following the case.

Sources

• New York Post
• CBS News
• NBC News
• The Conservative Caucus on X

Reporting by Daily Beltway.