Federal agents went dumpster diving to obtain DNA connected to Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and members of her family before raiding her Washington, D.C., home earlier this week, according to multiple sources cited in the report.

The covert collection effort involved recovering trash linked to an investigative target and searching through discarded items for material containing that person’s DNA. The agents reportedly used the technique before executing the raid at Omar’s residence.

The report says the DNA became part of a search warrant application encompassing more than a dozen locations beyond Omar’s home. Details about the additional locations were not provided, leaving the full scope of the federal operation concealed for now.

The DNA collection reportedly represents a critical component of the investigation. The report says the inquiry extends far beyond the best-known accusation involving Omar, namely the allegation that she married her brother to assist him in obtaining citizenship.

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Reporting also suggests investigators are examining potential immigration fraud involving a changed birthdate. The report further cited claims that the investigation is being driven by an effort to revoke Omar’s citizenship and deport her.

Those claims indicate that federal investigators may be looking well beyond a single allegation or isolated filing. The involvement of DNA, numerous locations, a search warrant application, and a grand jury investigation points to an inquiry with multiple moving parts.

The Biden Department of Justice previously opened and closed an investigation into Omar.

Omar has characterized the Trump investigation as a political witch hunt and accused the administration of using federal law enforcement against political opponents. She also rejected the allegations and vowed not to retreat.

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“This is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.”

Multiple sources have confirmed to me that federal agents went dumpster diving to get DNA from Minnesota Congresswoman @IlhanMN and her family before the raid on her D.C. home earlier this week. Our reporting suggests investigations go far beyond simple immigration fraud.

NewsNation sources say the likely coming indictments will be stunning in nature and far beyond anything the public has understood the case to be about. — Leland Vittert (@LelandVittert) October 17, 2026

The current case is being handled through the Minneapolis HSI office. That location suggests the investigation is more closely connected to activities in Minneapolis than to Omar’s work or residence in Washington, D.C.

Minnesota is also home to a massive Somali fraud investigation. That separate controversy continues to dog the Democratic lt. governor during her Senate campaign.

NewsNation sources said the expected indictments could be stunning in nature and extend far beyond what the public has understood the Omar case to involve.

Sources indicated that any indictments are expected to arrive after the election. The public also may not see the search warrant returns for some time because the matter involves a grand jury investigation.

For now, the trash collection offers one of the clearest glimpses into the methods federal agents used before the raid. Agents were reportedly not merely reviewing documents or public records, but secretly searching discarded material for DNA tied to Omar and her family.

The search warrant application’s inclusion of more than a dozen additional locations further broadens the picture.

Omar’s public defense frames the inquiry as another chapter in a long political battle with Trump. Federal investigators, meanwhile, have disclosed little publicly, leaving the DNA collection, the Minneapolis-based investigation, and the possibility of indictments as the central reported developments.

The case therefore remains largely behind the curtain of a grand jury process. What has emerged is an extraordinary investigative step involving DNA recovered from trash, a raid on a sitting congresswoman’s home, and a search warrant application reaching far beyond that residence.

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