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The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday.
Omar has faced questions about immigration fraud, family finances, and her potential ties to a COVID-era fraud scheme in Minnesota.
“I don’t want to prejudge an investigation,” Vance said. “It certainly seems like something fishy is there.”
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Vance, who is in charge of the administration’s efforts to combat fraud, said previously Omar “definitely committed immigration fraud.”
“If we think that there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime, and that’s something the Department of Justice is looking at right now,” he said.
