Ilhan Omar says investigators have not briefed her
FOX 9's parking-lot exchange captures brief answers from the congresswoman after what the station describes as a federal search of her home.
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 244,766 views a day, 74 times a normal first day on this channel (3,324).
Rep. Ilhan Omar makes first public appearance since federal investigators raided her home
Rep. Ilhan Omar was walking toward an SUV when reporters asked whether she had spoken with federal investigators. "No, I have not," she said in the FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul clip.
The station describes the encounter as her first public appearance since federal investigators searched her home. Its description places her at a rally for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Asked what she had been briefed on, Omar answered: "Nothing. They haven't said anything."
The short clip drew more than 153,000 views in its first ten hours, far beyond the station's usual first-day audience for Shorts. A separate FOX 9 upload focusing on her full name and her statement that she had not heard from investigators also drew an unusually large audience.
In the main clip, Omar gives her full name as Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. The exchange offers little further information about the investigation: a reporter's question about search warrants comes as the car door closes. Before getting into the vehicle, Omar urges people to vote, saying, "This election's very important."
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- Channel
- FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Subscribers
- 842,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 8,019,860
- Channel views, pace per day
- 863,816 (on a normal day: 821,867)
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 153,450 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 244,766
The numbers
The main clip drew an unusually large early audience for a FOX 9 Short. Its view count so far is shown alongside the channel's usual first-day performance.
