Could the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos offer a legal precedent in the fight over Ilhan Omar's future in Congress?
President Trump is urging Omar's removal as federal investigators examine allegations involving her immigration paperwork, and constitutional experts say Republicans could pursue two different approaches.
One involves challenging her eligibility to serve. The other involves a House expulsion vote, a process requiring a two-thirds majority.
Constitutional scholar Cully Stimson describes the legal questions as largely "uncharted waters," pointing to the Santos case as a potentially relevant example.
Omar denies wrongdoing, and the allegations remain unproven.
See why a decades-old Supreme Court decision and the Santos expulsion are both part of the legal debate: