Ilhan Omar's residence raided by DHS: Report



The "ongoing criminal investigation" into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) seems to have escalated Monday morning, as Homeland Security Investigations agents raided her residence in Washington, D.C., Fox News has reported.

Fox News reported that agents raided Omar's residence in connection with the immigration paperwork Omar's late father filled out on her behalf when she was a child.

'This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.'

Omar was born in Somalia in October 1982, according to her congressional biography. She claimed in a 2018 interview that she became a naturalized U.S. citizen before she turned 18.

Rumors have swirled for nearly a decade that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is Omar's biological brother and that she married him to help him remain in the U.S.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin even seemed to confirm those rumors during the Republican midterm convention last month.

"We know that she married her brother to try to bring him to the United States," Mullin told podcaster Benny Johnson September 10. "We know he lives now in London."

Mullin confirmed an "investigation" into Omar and that "something's gonna happen."

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A few days after Mullin's comments to Johnson, border czar Tom Homan confirmed the "ongoing criminal investigation" into Omar.

"If someone committed immigration violation, if someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they're a congressman or not, no one's above the law," Homan said September 13.

According to Fox News, multiple people wearing HSI jackets were seen outside Omar's D.C. residence Monday morning at around 6 a.m. The DHS and the DOJ are both involved in the investigation, Fox said.

"Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation," a DOJ spokesperson told the outlet in a statement.

A TV broadcast of the report had a slightly different statement: "This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation."

Fox could not confirm whether Omar was at the residence at the time of the raid.

Multiple attempts to reach Omar's office were unsuccessful. Omar's campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

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‘Did you marry your brother?’ Reporter confronts Ilhan Omar on marriage scandal



Questions have swirled about Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s past for years, but one reporter from LindellTV finally had the guts to ask her these questions on camera.

Alison Steinberg stopped Omar in a congressional hallway and pressed her on a claim that BlazeTV host Pat Gray’s been waiting for.

“I have been waiting for this particular confrontation with Ilhan Omar for a long time. A long time. Somebody actually finally did it,” he says, before playing a clip of the tense encounter.

“Hi congresswoman, Tom Homan said that you’re under criminal investigation for immigration and marriage fraud,” Steinberg said, asking, “Any comment on that?”


“No, I don’t have a comment for that,” Omar responded through laughs.

“If there’s some marriage fraud,” Steinberg continued, “Can you just tell us straight up, did you marry your brother?”

“Absolutely not. What a ridiculous thing to ask,” Omar said, before adding, “Did you marry your brother?”

“Absolutely not,” Steinberg responded, but she wasn’t done.

“Why are you being criminally investigated?” she asked, to which Omar said, “I am not.”

Steinberg then pressed Omar as to whether or not Tom Homan, who has said otherwise, is a “liar.”

“He is, he’s been saying some dumb s**t like you,” Omar said angrily.

Gray couldn’t be more impressed with the young reporter.

“That’s great,” he says. “That’s not easy to do. That might look easy to do, but it isn’t.”

“Straight up,” he adds, “‘Did you marry your brother?’”

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'He's been saying some dumb s**t': Ilhan Omar MELTS DOWN when reporter presses her on Homan probe into brother



Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota lashed out at a reporter after being asked point-blank about an investigation into possible immigration fraud.

Omar has been accused of marrying her brother in order to help him fraudulently obtain immigration status in the U.S., though she has vehemently denied the allegations.

'I will say it again here: They are absolutely false and ridiculous.'

On Wednesday, Omar once again denied marrying her brother when confronted by LindellTV reporter Alison Steinberg.

"You always say no one’s above the law, so do you think you should be above the law?" asked Steinberg.

"I am not above the law," Omar replied.

"If there's some marriage fraud, can you just tell us straight up, did you marry your brother?” Steinberg pressed.

"Absolutely not! What a ridiculous thing to ask!" Omar responded emphatically.

"That’s disgusting. Nobody should be doing that!"

"Well, then Tom Homan’s a liar or what?"

"He is. He’s been saying some dumb s**t — like you!" she replied.

The video of the interaction was widely circulated on social media.

Border czar Tom Homan confirmed on Sunday the existence of what he called an "ongoing criminal investigation” of the congresswoman by the investigations division of the Department of Homeland Security.

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"If someone committed immigration violation, if someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they're a congressman or not, no one's above the law," Homan elaborated.

Omar had released a statement in 2020 denying the allegations.

"A number of baseless rumors have been made recently about my personal life and family," she said. "I will say it again here: They are absolutely false and ridiculous."

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Homan confirms 'ongoing criminal investigation' into Ilhan Omar



Over the past decade, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has continuously dodged allegations that she married her brother to help him obtain legal immigration status in the United States. Last week the controversy exploded anew as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Benny Johnson an investigation into the claim is under way.

On Sunday, another Trump administration official, border czar Tom Homan, confirmed the existence of an “ongoing criminal investigation” of Omar by the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations division.

'We're gonna take a look at it. If we think that there's a crime, we're gonna prosecute that crime.'

Homan’s admission came during a segment on Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing.”

Homan told Fox News that “if someone committed immigration violation, if someone committed marriage fraud or anything like that, regardless if they're a congressman or not, no one's above the law.” When pressed he further, confirmed the existence of a current criminal investigation into Omar.

Homan and Mullin are not the only Trump administration officials to claim that investigations into Omar and the validity of her citizenship are under way. In May, Vice President JD Vance told a reporter, “We're gonna take a look at it. If we think that there's a crime, we're gonna prosecute that crime. And that's something the Department of Justice is looking at right now.”

For her part, Omar has consistently denied the allegations. In March, after an earlier claim of fraud by Vance, her chief of staff released a statement to Fox News: “This is a ridiculous lie and desperate attempt to distract from the pedophile protection party’s unpopular war of choice, increasing gas prices, and rapidly dropping polling numbers.”

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The allegations have dogged Omar since she won her primary for the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016. In August of that year, Scott Johnson reported at Power Line blog that a since-deleted post on Somalispot claimed that “Omar married her brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, implying that the latter marriage assisted his entry into the United States.”

Power Line’s Johnson further looked into marriage records and reached out to those involved. He received a response from attorney Jean Brandl, which was the first in a long line of Omar denials regarding the allegations, “There are people who do not want an East African, Muslim woman elected to office and who will follow Donald Trump’s playbook to prevent it."

Brandl continued, “Ilhan Omar’s campaign sees your superfluous contentions as one more in a series of attempts to discredit her candidacy.”

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In 2020 after the allegations again surfaced, Omar unequivocally denied the allegations via a statement. She wrote, “A number of baseless rumors have been made recently about my personal life and family. I will say it again here: they are absolutely false and ridiculous.”

Omar went on to detail her side of the marriage timeline.

The Department of Homeland Security and Rep. Omar have not responded to Blaze News’ requests for comment.

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