Rep. Ilhan Omar denies Vice President Vance’s claim that the Justice Department is investigating her
U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, answering Fox News Digital reporters’ questions
“That is not something that is happening. That man is delusional.” … “Absolutely not. I don’t think they are using any resources. They’re just saying stupid shit.” … “No, because there’s nothing to investigate.”
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Fox News Digital’s video of Rep. Ilhan Omar answering reporters’ questions about Vice President JD Vance’s claim that the Justice Department is investigating her, published May 21, 2026; Fox does not say when it was recorded. Her first answer, which Fox prints as “That man is delusional,” is hard to make out on the recording. Fox prints her profanity as “s---.”
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Fox News Digital’s report of Omar’s response. It says Vance’s claim concerned both her immigration history and her financial disclosures, and quotes her denial and her remark that “they’re just saying stupid s---.”
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CBS News Minnesota reports Vice President Vance’s May 19, 2026 remarks at a White House press conference that the Justice Department is “looking at” allegations involving Omar “right now,” and that he did not want to “prejudge an investigation.”
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CBS News Minnesota reported that on May 19 Vance said at a White House press conference, “that’s something that the Department of Justice is looking at right now.” The first reporter’s question asks Omar for a response to Vance saying the Justice Department is investigating her for potentially violating immigration law.
After the quotation
Fox reported that Vance’s claim concerned both her immigration history and her financial disclosures. The rest of the video, about House Republicans’ interest in her and her husband’s net worth, is outside this case.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Trump administration officials publicly accuse Rep. Ilhan Omar of immigration fraud?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
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. Omar rejects the claim that the Justice Department is investigating her, says “they’re just saying stupid shit,” and says there is “nothing to investigate.” That denounces the claim that an investigation exists; in this exchange she does not address the marriage allegation itself. The closest competing label is challenges_characterization, because she disputes the claim that an investigation exists; it loses because she also derides the claim and says nothing will be found.
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