Border czar Tom Homan declines to give specifics of an “ongoing criminal investigation” and says “no one’s above the law”

The case’s fixed reference point is the Trump administration’s public accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother to obtain immigration benefits, together with its announced federal criminal investigation of her. Homan neither states the allegation as fact nor gives specifics. He says that if someone committed an immigration violation or marriage fraud, “no one’s above the law,” that HSI will continue the investigation, and, pressed on whether he was confirming an investigation, gives an answer that Fox’s article prints as “I’m confirming that ICE is, yeah — look, I said months ago that there’s something that’s been reported and needs to be looked at.” That defends the investigation and its announcement. The closest competing label is explicitly_declines, because he says he will not comment on the investigation; it loses because he then endorses the inquiry and answers the follow-up question that asks him to confirm it.