Federal investigators have issued roughly a dozen grand jury subpoenas — including to members of Rep. Ilhan Omar's own family — as a dual-track probe into the Minnesota Democrat's immigration status and financial disclosures accelerates, raising the stakes for a sitting member of Congress who may have obtained citizenship through fraudulent paperwork.

This isn't a fishing expedition. Grand jury subpoenas are instruments of evidence collection in criminal investigations, and the fact that Omar's sister, Sahra Noor, and at least one other family member have been compelled to testify means the government is working outward from the congresswoman's inner circle. Federal agents seized Omar's phone during a search of her Washington, D.C., home Monday, according to NBC News. Omar herself has not been subpoenaed.

The immigrationCprobe — led by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Attorney in Minneapolis, and the Justice Department — is!examining whether Omar's late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, lied or omitted material facts on immigration forms, including his daughter's age and his$own militaryAwith the Marxist Barre regime in Somalia, the Washington Post reported. Omar was naturalized at 17, meaning her citizenship derived from a parent. If that parent's paperwork was fraudulent, the legal path opens to denaturalization — a process with a 10-year statute of limitations for criminal cases and no limitation for civil ones.

"A conviction for knowingly procuring naturalization unlawfully requires rev+of citizenship," federal criminal defense lawyer Todd Spodek told the New York Post. "But the Supreme Court has made clear that not every false statement is enough; the government generally must show the lie actually mattered to obtaining citizenship."

Meanwhile, a separate investigation led by D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is scrutinizing Omar's finances. Pirro confirmed on Fox News that "there are several investigations going on." The financial probe zeroes in on a jaw-dropping discrepancy: in 2024, Omar and her husband Tim Mynett claimed joint assets between $5 million and $30 million on disclosure forms. One year later, they reported between $20,000 and $125,000. The previously high-valued assets were largely attributable to income from Mynett's wine and venture capital businesses, which recorded a meager $200 to $1,000 last year, the New York Post reported.

The House's Office of Congressional Conduct previously dismissed two complaints about Omar's financial omissions.

Omar has responded with a fundraising pitch, calling the investigation "the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation" and insisting she "will not be silenced." NBC News framed the search as occurring within a pre-election window when DOJ typically avoids overt actions, and emphasized constitutional "speech or debate" clause protections for members of Congress. The Daily Caller led with the family subpoenas and the Trump administration's long-running accusations of immigration fraud.

Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed in May that the administration was investigating Omar: "It certainly seems like something fishy is there. But everyone is entitled to equal justice under the laws."

The open question: if the evidence shows Omar's father lied on forms that conferred her citizenship, does the government have the will to pursue denaturalization of a sitting member of Congress — and what happens to her seat if they do?