Trump says Ilhan Omar could go to jail or be deported, calls her ‘a disgrace to our country’

What happened: President Donald Trump said Rep. Ilhan Omar could go to jail as well as be deported, calling her "a disgrace to our country" during an Oval Office exchange about a federal investigation into her citizenship. Key numbers: Federal agents searched her Washington, D.C., home Oct. 12; the disputed timeline concerns whether she was a minor when her father became a U.S. Why it matters: Trump said "this is just my opinion" and did not identify a specific charge or present new evidence. Omar has denied wrongdoing, and Democrats have denounced the investigation as political persecution.

President Donald Trump said Rep. Ilhan Omar could go to jail as well as be deported, calling her "a disgrace to our country" during an Oval Office exchange about a federal investigation into her citizenship.

Trump said "this is just my opinion" and did not identify a specific charge or present new evidence. Omar has denied wrongdoing, and Democrats have denounced the investigation as political persecution.