Omar Marriage Allegations Resurface as DOJ and DHS Probe Congresswoman; She Denies Wrongdoing

The Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security are investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over alleged immigration fraud and her financial disclosure reports, as claims resurface that her 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was a sham. The New York Times reported that the FBI under President Obama examined in 2016 whether she married a man suspected of being her brother. It reported that investigators found some supporting evidence, but prosecutors filed no charges because the five-year deadline had passed. Asked in an MS NOW interview whether she married her brother, Omar said not to her knowledge and called the claim insane. She denies wrongdoing, and no court has found she committed immigration fraud. President Donald Trump said she could go to jail or be deported, said she used a fake name to be sworn in, and said she should resign. Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution, not the president, governs who sits in Congress. Elmi, a University of Bristol doctoral researcher, called himself a gay man in an August paper. Joe Radinovich, an adviser to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, wrote Thursday on X that the allegation is almost certainly true.

Right-leaning outlets frame the story as an unresolved controversy. The Daily Wire leads with an exclusive interview with Minnesota Republican state Rep. Kristin Robbins, who says the Justice Department never said Omar committed no felony, only that the statute had run out. It links the marriage story to the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case and to six messages between Omar's staff and people charged in that scheme. Fox News centers on Trump's repeated attacks and the federal probes, but adds that the president does not decide who sits in Congress. Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while right-leaning and alternative outlets had. Alternative outlets take a distinct, document-and-personal-detail angle. TMZ reports that, per an allegedly certified application obtained by The Post, Omar crossed out her name twice. ZeroHedge highlights Elmi's self-description and Radinovich's comment, while noting Omar's denial.