What were the outcomes of Omar-related ethics or impeachment efforts in Congress?
Executive summary
Rep. Ilhan Omar has repeatedly pushed for impeachment of President Trump (introducing or drafting articles in January 2021) and reportedly discussed new impeachment plans in 2025 against Trump administration national-security officials; those 2021 efforts led to House action to impeach Trump but not removal by the Senate, while 2025 reporting shows planning and private proposals with unclear outcomes so far [1] [2] [3]. Separately, multiple ethics and removal efforts targeting Omar — committee ousters, censure pushes and ethics referrals — have been launched by opponents; some complaints were dismissed or did not succeed in removing her committee assignments [4] [5] [6] [7].
1. Omar as a prosecutor of presidents: pushing impeachment in January 2021
After the January 6 Capitol attack, Omar publicly and formally moved to impeach President Donald Trump: she announced drafting and then introduced articles of impeachment and a privileged resolution in early January 2021, citing incitement of violence and other abuses; those moves were part of the larger Democratic House action that impeached Trump a second time [8] [9] [2]. Reporting from multiple outlets and Omar’s own office confirm she introduced two articles and sought immediate removal by the House and the Senate [2] [8].
2. Outcome of the 2021 impeachment push: House conviction vs. Senate acquittal (what reporting says)
Contemporaneous coverage and Omar’s statements place her among members who pushed for swift impeachment after the insurrection; the House did impeach Trump in that session, but available sources note the Republican-controlled Senate later acquitted him in his earlier 2019–2020 impeachment — and do not provide a Senate removal tied specifically to the January 2021 articles in these search results [1] [10]. Available sources do not mention a Senate removal resulting from the January 2021 effort led or co-led by Omar [2] [10].
3. New impeachment plotting in 2025: targets shift to Trump-era national-security officials
In March 2025 reporting, Axios and others described Omar privately proposing articles of impeachment against three Trump-era national-security officials — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and CIA Director John Ratcliffe — tied to revelations about a Signal group chat and alleged recordkeeping violations; the reporting frames this as early-stage planning and notes it could be executed via a privileged motion if she chose [3] [11]. Alternative outlets repeated the reporting and analysis that charges could focus on alleged Federal Records Act or Administrative Procedure Act violations, but the specific text of any articles and any formal House action were not published in these sources [11] [3].
4. Efforts to remove Omar from committee seats or censure her: mixed results
Republican-led attempts to punish Omar — including ousting her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee — have been reported. A chamber vote to remove her from that committee is cited with a 218–211 tally on one transcript, indicating Republicans carried such a motion at least in one instance [4]. Later, attempts to strip her of assignments or censure her in 2025 drew headlines; one prominent attempt led by Rep. Nancy Mace failed on Sept. 17, 2025 when four Republicans joined Democrats to defeat the measure, according to compiled reporting [7]. The sources show repeated partisan efforts but not a clear, singular successful expulsion or criminal finding against Omar in the House floor record provided here [4] [7].
5. Ethics complaints and official reviews: dismissal, referral and claims of politicization
Conservative groups filed multiple complaints against Omar. The Office of Congressional Ethics reportedly voted unanimously to dismiss at least one allegation about book royalties and the House Ethics Committee "not further review[ed]" that matter, per Omar’s office statement [5]. Other high-profile calls for an Ethics Committee investigation (e.g., Rep. Tom Emmer in 2024) were publicly made; reporting documents the calls but does not show final punitive action in the provided results [6]. Outside-state and nonprofit filings (Judicial Watch, NLPC) and Minnesota campaign-finance rulings are part of the broader record, but available sources show a mix of dismissed items and state-level findings rather than a single decisive federal ethics sanction in these extracts [12] [13] [14].
6. Conflicting narratives and the political theater of impeachment and ethics
Sources demonstrate two competing frames: Omar and allies present impeachment as constitutional oversight and accountability [2] [8], while opponents frame investigations and ouster attempts as deserved accountability for alleged misconduct or offensive remarks [6] [15]. Media items like Axios and Truthout focus on the mechanics and plausibility of her impeachment plans; conservative outlets and advocacy groups emphasize alleged financial or personal improprieties — some state boards found technical campaign-finance issues, while congressional ethics offices dismissed at least one complaint [3] [11] [14] [5].
7. Bottom line and what reporting does not show
Available sources confirm Omar authored and co-sponsored impeachment articles against Trump in 2019 and again drafted/introduced measures in January 2021 [1] [2] [8]. Reporting in 2025 shows she was planning or privately proposing impeachment articles against Trump-era officials [3] [11]. The provided reporting does not show that any of Omar’s 2025 impeachment proposals produced an approved removal, nor do these sources document a final House Ethics punishment that removed her from Congress (available sources do not mention a congressional expulsion or a Senate conviction tied to her 2025 efforts) [3] [7] [5].