Obama-Era FBI Found ‘Some Evidence’ of Ilhan Omar Marriage Fraud: NY Times
The report says investigators found evidence supporting claims that the 2009 marriage may have been arranged to secure immigration status, but prosecutors declined charges.
- A report by The New York Times revealed that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama uncovered evidence in 2016 suggesting Rep. Ilhan Omar may have engaged in marriage fraud.
- According to internal documents and officials familiar with the probe, federal investigators examined whether Omar's 2009 marriage to British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was entered into fraudulently to facilitate student loans or immigration benefits.
- The 2016 investigation reportedly stalled without formal charges being brought due to statute-of-limitations constraints and jurisdictional challenges before Omar was elected to Congress.
- Omar has repeatedly denied all allegations of marriage fraud and wrongdoing, dismissing past scrutiny into her marital history as politically motivated attacks.
- The revelation of the Obama-era federal inquiry emerges amidst renewed scrutiny and ongoing federal reviews into historic immigration and tax filing records concerning the Minnesota congresswoman.
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Why the Ilhan Omar saga isn't going away
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The legitimacy of a key document in the investigation of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D) alleged fraud was confirmed — leaving the Somalia-born politician’s own identity in doubt. As evidenced by the opened and closed investigation of Omar under the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, concerns about fraud are nothing new. However, as indictments remain expected following a series of raids that included the lawmaker’s house,…
Obama FBI Opened Ilhan Omar Marriage Fraud Probe in 2016
Federal investigators first opened a probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s alleged marriage fraud under Barack Obama in 2016, undercutting claims that the Trump administration cooked up the case for revenge. Fox News Digital confirmed that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security began examining whether the Minnesota Democrat married her brother in a 2009 immigration […]
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