Ilhan Omar said she has received no notice of any Justice Department investigation, calling Vice President JD Vance's claims of a fraud and immigration probe "delusional" and politically motivated.
Vance said Tuesday the DOJ and an administration anti-fraud task force were examining allegations tied to Omar's immigration history and financial disclosures, including long-running claims about a 2009 marriage to a man alleged to be her brother.
Scrutiny intensified after Omar amended financial filings last month, cutting her reported net worth from a prior range of $6 million-$30 million to $18,004-$95,000.
James Comer and House Republicans have also raised questions about her finances and sought records from her husband Tim Mynett's company, but Omar said no formal House inquiry or referral exists.
Any future probe would likely center on the revised disclosures and older immigration allegations that have shadowed Omar since her early marriages after arriving from Somalia and becoming a U.S. citizen in 2000.
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