The investigation into Ilhan Omar started under the Biden administration.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 19, 2026
The claim departs from the passage: the post says a "Democrat" administration without naming Biden, and its context points to Obama. The sources show the earliest probe began under Obama in 2016 (not Biden), the Biden-appointed U.S. attorney closed it in 2021, and a separate 2024 DoJ probe began under Biden, so the claim is unverifiable as extracted.
What was said
… Please do not you will get smoked if you think that he is not stupid. He knows exactly what he's doing. So he goes on and on you can read it on a tweet about how this is like an attack on American democracy, this investigation into Omar. He leaves out the fact that it started under a Democrat invest, ah, in, ah, administration, and the fact that these were all facts sworn to by career personnel, not politicians, in front of a Democrat judge who had to authorize this stuff. …
The Dan Bongino Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Fox News Digital, NYT-based reporting, and others say the first probe into Omar's marriage began under Obama's FBI and DHS in summer 2016, contradicting a Biden start for the earliest investigation.[2][3][4][5]
Context. A Biden-appointed U.S. attorney in Minnesota shut down the earlier marriage-fraud probe in 2021, and a DoJ investigation was launched in 2024 under the Biden administration.[2][4][6]
Context. The current criminal investigation, which led to the October 12, 2026 search of Omar's home, was launched under the Trump administration.[1][7]
Context. The post itself refers to a "Democrat" administration without naming Biden, and its surrounding discussion centers on Obama, so the extracted Biden attribution is not in the passage.
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated
- 1Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's homeapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Obama admin first launched the investigation into Ilhan Omar ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Obama criticizes Trump over Ilhan Omar's alleged citizenship fraud ...hindustantimes.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Obama FBI Opened Ilhan Omar Marriage Fraud Probe in 2016conservativejournalreview.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5New reporting reveals Obama-era investigation into Ilhan ...kmph.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6DoJ's Ilhan Omar Probe Reeks of Politics - CAFEcafe.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Obama defends Rep. Ilhan Omar, calls Trump probe 'appalling'rmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
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