US agency won't comment on ongoing probes, after its head said at GOP midterm event that Ilhan Omar married her brother

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined to comment on ongoing investigations after its secretary, Markwayne Mullin, stated at a Republican midterm event in Dallas that Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) “married her brother to try to bring him into the United States.” Mullin also said, “Something’s going to happen. This is an ongoing investigation.” A DHS spokesman reiterated the department’s policy of not commenting on specific investigative techniques, ongoing investigations, or potential future actions, adding, “No one, including members of Congress, are above the law.” Omar has consistently denied allegations of marrying her brother and committing immigration fraud.