Ilhan Omar's lawyers challenged the 12 October search of her Washington, DC, home on Friday, 16 October 2026. Their objections followed reports that anonymous ICE officials had questioned the raid's timing ahead of November's US midterm elections.
Homeland Security Investigations agents conducted the search under a judicially authorised warrant. The Justice Department confirmed an ongoing criminal investigation but initially declined to identify the suspected offences. Omar, a Minnesota Democrat and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, denies wrongdoing.
