Piker calls the Omar probe paperwork, and Fox's Paul Mauro answers "Al Capone"

The Fox News compilation pairs the Minnesota congresswoman's Twitch appearance with a reported warrant listing possible immigration crimes, including fraud.

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Why this story? One of Fox News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 840,785 views.

'CLOSING IN': Ilhan Omar probe takes NEW TURN

"The feds might be closing in on Ilhan Omar," Jesse Watters says as the segment opens, and Fox News builds the next eight minutes around that idea. The video, the channel's most watched new upload since yesterday, drew roughly 840,000 views in about nine hours.

Fox describes two federal inquiries into the Minnesota Democrat, who has represented Minneapolis and some of its nearby suburbs in Congress since 2019. One concerns her immigration history and the other her finances. On Jesse Watters Primetime, Watters goes through what he presents as discrepancies between the age given in Omar's memoir and her official immigration timeline, questions about her father's identity, and scrutiny of her husband's business dealings. A Fox graphic reports that a warrant lists potential immigration crimes, including fraud.

The segment also plays Omar's appearance on the Twitch stream of Hasan Piker, the left-wing commentator known online as HasanAbi. Piker asks how she is holding up. When he says that if the fascists were better looking they would get more airtime, Omar finishes the thought: "There would be less of us on TV." Watters presents the exchange as her claiming she is targeted for her looks. The segment also includes rally footage of President Trump calling for her resignation.

The second half moves to Fox & Friends. Co-host Lawrence Jones talks with Fox News contributor Paul Mauro, a former NYPD inspector. "There's really two lines of investigation here," Mauro says, and he walks through the reported warrant. Jones then plays a street interview in which Piker calls the accusations "at most" a paperwork violation. Mauro rejects that framing: "Paperwork never matters. I say two words to that: Al Capone." The gangster was convicted on tax charges rather than for the crimes that made him notorious.

The comments came in at almost twice the pace of a usual first day for the channel's regular videos. Many viewers ask why these questions were not settled before Omar entered Congress, and others say they will believe the case is serious only if charges follow.

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The numbers

The video drew roughly 840,000 views in about nine hours, the most of any new Fox News upload since yesterday.

subscribers

15,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

27,255,314,563

views per day

11,083,670

typical day: 14,523,896

the video

views

840,785

likes

10,541

comments

2,790

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CNN

20,000,000

ABC News

19,900,000

Fox News

15,500,000

Inside Edition

13,800,000

Vox

12,700,000

NBC News

12,200,000

As of October 28, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.