Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just gave a blunt new description of the federal investigation involving Rep. Ilhan Omar: this is bigger than one person, and the case is now in the Justice Department's hands.
"This isn't just a case that's targeting one individual," Mullin told Fox News on Friday. He called it a "large case" that Homeland Security investigators presented to DOJ, which he said is now leading the investigation.
That is a major statement from the Cabinet official overseeing the agency whose investigators searched Omar's Washington home earlier this month.
The interview clip also shows Mullin rejecting the accusation that federal agents are intimidating a political opponent. He said the government is enforcing the law and accused former President Barack Obama and other Democrats of getting ahead of facts they do not know.
"We're not intimidating. We're enforcing laws."
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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin fires back at former President Barack Obama over his criticism of the federal investigation involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, accusing him and Democrats of playing political games.
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CBS News reported that multiple search warrants were served on October 12, the same day agents searched Omar's residence. Mullin said a judge authorized the enforcement action and that investigators expected to take the case to a grand jury.
The report said the inquiry concerns possible fraud involving immigration documents submitted by members of Omar's family decades ago. Mullin also discussed how coordinated immigration fraud could potentially be examined as a broader conspiracy, but he did not say prosecutors had decided to bring a RICO charge in this case.
That distinction matters. A public investigation is underway, but no criminal charge against Omar has been announced.
By Saturday, Mullin's description of a multi-person "large case" had become the fresh development driving the story.
#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar’s case is 'large' and targeting multiple people, DHS Secretary Mullin says.
— Insider Wire (@InsiderWire) October 31, 2026
The Associated Press reported that federal authorities seized Omar's phone and issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including subpoenas to some of her relatives. The grand jury is gathering evidence in Minnesota as investigators examine possible fraud in immigration paperwork.
The same report said Washington U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro had described "several investigations" involving Omar. Pirro also said her office was separately examining questions surrounding the congresswoman's financial disclosures.
The AP also noted that the search came only weeks before the midterm election, prompting Democrats to challenge the timing and accuse the administration of political targeting. Omar is seeking reelection, has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime.
There is still plenty the public does not know, including the identities of the other people Mullin referenced, the precise evidence under review and whether prosecutors will seek any charges.
The Washington Post reported that prosecutors asked a federal judge to keep the search-warrant materials sealed while the investigation continues. The filing said decisions about whether to charge anyone—and whom to charge with what—had not yet been made.
Prosecutors said investigators were still examining evidence seized during the October 12 search and argued that releasing the warrant record now could imperil the inquiry. That filing lines up with Mullin's latest point that the matter reaches beyond a single person, even though it does not publicly identify the other subjects.
The warrant remains under review while investigators work through the seized evidence. A coalition of news organizations is seeking to unseal the supporting records, while DOJ says disclosure could expose suspected wrongdoing before prosecutors have decided whether to charge anyone.
The government left open the possibility of supporting partial unsealing later.
The political firewall around Omar is also showing signs of strain. Fox News reported that former Minnesota Democratic state representative and longtime party operative Joe Radinovich publicly said the marriage-fraud allegation is "almost certainly true," even while leaving room for people to reach different conclusions about its legal or political consequences.
Radinovich's comments are political commentary rather than legal proof, and prosecutors have announced no charges. His break from Omar's blanket dismissal is notable because he worked inside Minnesota's DFL establishment, managed major Democratic campaigns and later served as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's chief of staff.
The same development was already circulating Saturday as another sign that the story is no longer staying inside familiar partisan lines.
#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's Democratic allies break ranks as ex-insider backs marriage fraud claims.
— Insider Wire (@InsiderWire) October 31, 2026
Omar's position remains unchanged: she denies wrongdoing and says the investigation is political retaliation. Mullin says the case was built through court-authorized law-enforcement work and is far broader than one elected official.
The unanswered questions are concrete: who else is under investigation, what evidence was seized and whether DOJ will file charges.
But Mullin's new description changes the public picture. The investigation he is describing is not a narrow inquiry focused on one name; it is a multi-person federal case already being led by the Justice Department.
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