Rep. Ilhan Omar

Multiple relatives of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar received grand jury subpoenas, as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into her family's history for evidence of possible fraud and false statements in their immigration paperwork, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

Customarily, the Justice Department has operated under an unwritten, so-called "60-day rule" cited in a 2016 DOJ inspector general report. It refers to the general practice of prosecutors to avoid the public disclosure of investigative steps related to electoral matters or the return of indictments against a candidate for office within 60 days of a primary or general election.

Mr. Trump said Monday that he had "nothing to do with" the raid. Sources said Attorney General Todd Blanche, however, was aware of the search. The Public Integrity Section, which handles the nation's most politically sensitive criminal investigations, was consulted, the sources also said.

But that section was largely gutted by the Trump administration last year, with only two attorneys remaining in its ranks. It was not immediately clear what type of guidance the section may have provided to the department before the search was executed at Omar's home.

The warrant to search Omar's home was only approved by a magistrate judge in Washington after an extended back-and-forth discussion with Justice Department attorneys about how to address concerns stemming from the United States v. Rayburn House Office Building case, sources with knowledge told CBS News. That crucial 2007 D.C. Circuit Court case held that in a criminal investigation of a sitting member of Congress, the executive branch can't review information that is seized in a search without allowing that member to first screen it for legislative privilege under the Constitution's Speech and

Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI, the department's criminal investigative arm, is leading the investigation, with the Department of Justice assisting.

Two sources familiar with the matter previously told CBS News that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., is also conducting a criminal investigation into the valuation of several of her husband's businesses — which D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro confirmed during a Fox News interview this week.

Omar later blamed the valuation calculations on an accounting error and filed an amended form that listed the couple's joint assets as being valued between $18,004 and $95,000.

Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 11, 2026