Rep. Ilhan Omar told reporters she is not worried that federal immigration and finance probes will distract her from Congress, after a lengthy private session with high-powered D.C. attorneys on her first days back on Capitol Hill.

Fox News spotted two attorneys exiting Omar’s Washington, D.C., office Tuesday after what appeared to be a roughly two-hour meeting with the Minnesota Democrat. About an hour later, Omar left with her husband, Tim Mynett, and faced questions on camera about the dual federal investigations into her immigration status and prior financial filings.

Asked whether she was concerned the probes could affect her ability to represent her constituents, Omar gave a short reply.

Fox News reported her answer as simply: “I am not.”

She smiled and waved when pressed on whether she would step down. She did not answer. She also refused to say whether she had spoken with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about the investigations as the elevator doors closed.

The encounter came as Omar returned to Capitol Hill this week after a fall recess marked by escalating federal scrutiny. Two federal departments have opened investigations. In October, Homeland Security Investigations agents raided her Washington, D.C., home as part of a probe into whether she or her father committed fraud when filling out her immigration paperwork.

High-powered Democratic lawyers, not immigration specialists

The attorneys who left her office were Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, partners at Heckler Fink LLP. Both have deep ties to Democratic causes and prior high-profile work against President Donald Trump’s legal and political interests.

Jeffress previously served as counsel for then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. She also served as former President Joe Biden’s attorney in his lawsuit against the Justice Department earlier this year. Matz served as counsel to House Democrats during both failed impeachment efforts against Trump and represented E. Jean Carroll in two civil cases against him.

The New York Post reported that neither lawyer is an immigration specialist, even as Omar faces questions rooted in immigration paperwork and related records. Court documents referenced in that coverage have pointed to an alias, Nur Said Elmi, tied to the immigration questions and alleged family relations under review.

When Fox News asked Jeffress and Matz about their confidence in Omar’s defense, and about reports that the Obama and Biden administrations had examined her earlier, both attorneys remained silent.

Readers tracking the case have already seen related reporting on how Obama moved to defend Omar after the HSI raid and on the wider scope of the inquiry.

Raid, fundraising, and a re-election push

The October home search by Homeland Security Investigations put hard federal pressure on a sitting member of Congress. Agents focused on immigration paperwork fraud questions involving Omar and her father. Separate scrutiny has also covered previous financial filings.

That sequence fits earlier coverage showing federal agents questioning Omar’s sister after the D.C. home raid, underscoring that investigators have cast a wider net than a single interview or filing review.

During the final weeks of her campaign, Omar asked supporters for money to defend herself and accused Trump of targeting her for political reasons. She secured a fifth term anyway. After the new investigations became public, she posted on social media with a video urging supporters to keep sending money.

In that appeal, she framed the moment as costly and difficult while seeking small donations against the backdrop of her congressional salary.

"It is going to be a very expensive and challenging time and so we appreciate whether you’re able to send $5, $10, $20."

Trump has called for her to resign immediately, saying she was sworn in under a name different from her own. Omar has answered that line of attack by casting the probes as political retaliation. Recent reporting has noted that both the Obama and Biden administrations had examined her earlier, a timeline that undercuts the claim that scrutiny began only under Trump.

Large case, multiple people, unfinished answers

Public statements from department leadership have described the matter as larger than a narrow political dispute. Prior reporting captured DHS descriptions of a large case involving multiple people, not a one-off paperwork glitch.

Separate comments from Senate Republicans have pushed the same point: the inquiry is substantial and not a partisan stunt. That framing sits alongside Mullin’s insistence the Omar investigation is a large case rather than political targeting.

Omar has not publicly detailed any formal meetings with colleagues about the probes beyond her refusal to answer the Jeffries question. She has not released charging documents, warrants, or a full account of what investigators seized. No charges or indictments appear in the available reporting.

Long-running questions about marriage records and related filings continue to shadow the story. Readers following those threads have seen how court filings and marriage records keep pressure on Omar’s past marital history even as the current federal work focuses on immigration paperwork and finances.

On Wednesday, Omar spoke at a news conference and blamed Trump for death threats and attacks against her. That message came one day after the closed-door lawyer meeting and the brief hallway exchange in which she dismissed distraction concerns in three words and declined the rest.

Constituents get a sound bite, not a full accounting

Omar’s public posture is clear: she intends to keep working and fundraising while the departments do their work. Her legal team is experienced, well-connected, and silent on camera. The October raid, the dual-track probes, the alias references in court records, and the small-dollar legal appeals all remain on the public record.

What remains unanswered is basic. What exact financial filings are under review? What did the seized materials show? Has she given a complete account to House leadership? Will the investigations produce charges, a clearance, or something in between?

For now, a sitting member of Congress who spent weeks telling voters the probes were pure politics has hired elite Democratic litigators, collected donations for a “very expensive” defense, and told a reporter the whole matter will not distract her from the job.

Taxpayers and lawful immigrants who followed every rule deserve more than a hallway denial and a fundraising video while federal agents sort through the paperwork.