Trump says DOJ and Congress are ‘looking at’ Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that the Justice Department and Congress are “looking at” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who has long been in Trump’s crosshairs.

Trump made the comment in his morning announcement on Truth Social that he’s dispatching White House border “czar” Tom Homan to Minnesota on Monday night. He said his administration is investigating massive fraud in the state, which he said “is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets.”

“Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at “Congresswoman” Ilhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars,” Trump said in his post.

Trump did not provide further details about the alleged investigations. Asked for comment on Trump’s post, Omar’s office pointed NBC News to a statement she posted on X.

“Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking. Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of ‘investigations’ have found nothing. Get your goons out of Minnesota,” she wrote.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. NBC News also reached out to the offices of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Trump has attacked Omar, the first Somali-American elected to Congress, and the larger Somali-American community for weeks. As his administration faces growing outrage over its handling of immigration enforcement in the Minneapolis area, he and his allies have drawn renewed attention to fraud allegations involving Somali-run day care centers.

Trump reacted to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man on Saturday in part by pointing to Omar.

“Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account?” he said on Truth Social. “And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota?” Trump said U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement is in the state to investigate “massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy. We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW.”

Omar has disputed conservatives’ claims, amplified by Trump, about her net worth.

In a video on social media in September, she said: “Last year, some GOP crazies said I was worth $83 million. Now they’re saying I’m worth over $30 million. The value range listed for the assets reflects the full cost assessment of the businesses, in which my husband is one of several partners, and does not reflect his individual share. PS: Keep wishing millions into existence so I could pay off these student loans.”

Omar referred to her 2024 financial disclosure report, which all members of the House are required to file, which showed a Rose Lake Capital LLC listed as having a value of $5 million to $25 million. That was listed as “partnership income,” and it said “none” for income for Omar. It also listed ESTCRU LLC, which had a value of $1 million to $5 million. The actual income listed for Omar was between $5,000 and $15,000.

The Trump administration has faced overwhelming criticism for how it has handled Minnesota, including the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and, a few weeks ago, Renee Nicole Good.

Omar is the latest Minnesota Democrat to face Justice Department scrutiny. NBC News reported last week last week that the Justice Department subpoenaed Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Jacob Frey and other state leaders as part of an investigation into whether Minnesota officials conspired to block federal immigration operations. Walz and Frey denied wrongdoing. Walz wrote on X that the probe is “political theater” and a “partisan distraction.” Frey accused the administration of “weaponiz[ing] its power to try to intimidate local leaders for doing their jobs.”

The Minnesota investigations follow a slew of probes of other frequent Trump targets, most of them Democrats.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com