Feds dumpster-dive for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s DNA: Sources
Investigators seized her phone, passport and electronics as they examine whether her 2009 marriage and naturalization records involved immigration fraud.
- On October 12, Homeland Security agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's Washington home, seizing her phone and boxes marked evidence during an investigation into family immigration paperwork.
- Investigators are examining a decade-old controversy regarding Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, which critics allege was arranged to facilitate immigration fraud, though a 2019 review found insufficient evidence.
- Reports indicate federal investigators obtained DNA evidence and issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, though authorities have not publicly authenticated the findings or established any biological relationship.
- Representative Omar rejected the allegations as "disgusting lies" and accused the administration of attempting to "weaponize federal law enforcement," vowing not to be silenced following the search.
- Occurring three weeks before a national election, the search has drawn criticism for its timing and raised concerns about attacks on Black women in America's political system.
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Why Now? The Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home Explained
In this op-ed, Higher Heights for America president Glynda C. Carr asks why federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home 22 days before the election, and demands a public explanation, proof the Justice Department followed its election-year protocol and congressional oversight.
Ilhan Omar's Alleged Brother-Marriage Scandal Takes New Twist as Feds Reportedly Obtain DNA Evidence
Reports say federal investigators obtained genetic evidence in an inquiry involving Ilhan Omar's former marriage, but no authenticated DNA results or public findings have established a sibling relationship or wrongdoing.
Family ‘interviews’ begin, DNA reportedly obtained in probe of Ilhan Omar * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. The federal investigation of Ilhan Omar, a Somali immigrant elected to Congress in a Somali immigrant-dominated district in Minnesota, now includes interviews with her family members as well as her DNA, according to the New York Post. Omar, a Democrat firebrand whose agenda in recent years largely has been
Ilhan Omar DNA Evidence: Brother Marriage Fraud Probe
Federal prosecutors plan to use DNA evidence that could prove Rep. Ilhan Omar wed her brother for immigration benefits, sources say, after agents searched her D.C. home. People familiar with a years-long criminal probe say federal prosecutors are preparing DNA results as a key piece of proof that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud. […]
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