Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told Fox News Digital on her first day back on Capitol Hill that federal agencies never told her what she is being investigated for, and that she isn't even sure how many investigations there are, Fox News reports.
Asked whether she had been told the basis for the investigations, Omar said: "No, no." Asked whether the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department were each investigating her separately, she said: "I'm not sure. You probably have more details on that."
Two federal probes are known. Sources told Fox News Digital that DHS is examining whether her immigration paperwork was filled out fraudulently, by her or by her father. A second investigation, into discrepancies in her financial disclosures, was confirmed publicly by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.
Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar's Washington home on Oct. 12 and reportedly took her phone, passport and computer, along with a DNA sample. Omar said she has gotten "most" of the items back. She spoke after a two-hour meeting with her lawyers, Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, in her Longworth House Office Building office. Asked on camera whether she is concerned the investigation is distracting her from her duties, she said: "I am not."
Omar, who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia in 1995, won re-election to Minnesota's 5th District last week. Her office did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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