President Donald Trump once more attacked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday, calling her a “horrible individual” a day after federal authorities searched her Washington, D.C.-area residence.
The investigation into Omar — a sitting member of Congress who’s up for reelection in simply three weeks — pertains to her immigration paperwork, sources instructed ABC Information.
President Donald Trump talks to the media earlier than boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Garden of the White Home in Washington, October 13, 2026.
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Omar, who was first elected to the Home in 2018, is the primary Somali American in Congress. Born in Somalia, Omar grew to become a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000.
Requested whether or not he needs to see Omar deported after the Homeland Safety Investigation’s search at her residence on Monday, Trump stated he would not “take a place” on the matter. It isn’t clear whether or not deportation is on the desk for Omar.
“I do not take a place. I feel she’s a horrible individual. I feel she’s a horrible congresswoman. I do not assume she loves our nation in any respect, however I do not take a place,” Trump stated as he departed the White Home Tuesday morning.
Omar has denied wrongdoing and has not been charged with a criminal offense.
In latest historical past, the Justice Division’s follow has been to advise prosecutors to not take any overt investigative steps in opposition to members of Congress or candidates inside 60 days of an election.
Trump has focused Omar prior to now, saying in social media posts earlier this 12 months that Omar “ought to be in jail” and “despatched again to Somalia.”
Omar launched a press release on social media earlier on Monday, saying that the search at her residence is “an try to focus on political enemies and weaponize federal regulation enforcement.” She added, “I cannot be silenced.”
President Donald Trump speaks at a marketing campaign rally on the Covelli Centre, in Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2026.
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Throughout a rally in Ohio on Monday night time, Trump known as Omar a “catastrophe.”
“She is available in from a rustic with out legal guidelines, with out police, with out army, the place all they do is shoot one another. And she or he comes into our nation, and he or she says, ‘I’ve a constitutional proper,'” Trump stated of Omar, who’s a naturalized American citizen from Somalia.
Supporters cheer for US President Donald Trump throughout a marketing campaign rally for US Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in Youngstown, Ohio, US, October 12, 2026.
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Trump later assailed Somalia and claimed that Somali immigrants at massive “cheat on every part” with out offering proof.
Trump has repeatedly criticized Somali immigrants, describing them as “rubbish” and saying throughout a December 2025 Cupboard assembly that he did not need them in the USA; the feedback sparked backlash on the time.
Vice President JD Vance instructed reporters on Tuesday that he did not have any warning in regards to the search of Omar’s residence.
“I didn’t have advance discover that her dwelling was being raided. Look, I by no means — we attempt to run our Division of Justice in a good and trustworthy means. We attempt to let the regulation comply with the information slightly than creating information simply to prosecute folks we do not like. And due to that, I feel the president and I largely attempt to keep out of Division of Justice investigations and different prosecutions,” Vance stated.
Vance added that “we’ll look into” allegations in opposition to Omar.
“If there’s an actual case there, we’ll comply with the information. If there’s not an actual case there, then we can’t,” Vance stated.
Homeland Safety officers carry containers from the Washington residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, Oct. 12, 2026, throughout a search.
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Speaker Mike Johnson weighed in on the search of Omar residence throughout an interview on Fox Information on Tuesday morning, saying “we’ve got to order judgment and let the system play out because it does.”
“Possibly the timing’s unlucky for her or others, however that is the authorized system, and it operates independently of the political system. So, we do our jobs, and we let the folks determine,” Johnson stated.
ABC Information’ Lauren Peller contributed to this report.
