Miranda Devine: Dems know Ilhan Omar is in deep trouble thats why they had Obama parachute in
Barack Obama is like a firefighter parachuted in by the Democratic Party at times of crisis to put out fires.So when he weighed in on Sunday on the federal investigation of Minnesota Rep.Ilhan Omar over potential allegations of immigration fraud and financial offenses, you just knew that the party is seriously worried about the national implications if she were to be indicted and potentially denaturalized and deported.Railing against the “appalling” investigation, Obama claimed Omar was “a law-abiding elected official” targeted because she “has dared to criticize the president,” and we should all be “outraged” about the weaponization of the Justice Department“It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.”That’s quite some chutzpah from the former president who launched the Russia-hoax persecutions of Trump.But when it comes to the far-left Somalian-born congresswoman from Minnesota, there have long been rumors that she married her brother for immigration purposes.Republican donors in 2021 spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on private investigators to covertly obtain DNA samples of Omar and her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who was living in London.The samples gathered from discarded Coca-Cola cans, hair and cigarette butts were submitted to Endeavor DNA Laboratories.The test results stated there was a 99.999998 percent chance that Omar and her now ex-husband, Elmi, are siblings.The story never went anywhere at the time because, only hours after a Minnesota GOP operative posted the DNA evidence online, the FBI busted him on child sex-trafficking charges for which he was convicted and remains in prison.But now the story has picked up steam, as federal prosecutors plan to use DNA evidence in their immigration case against Omar, sources told The Post’s Josh Christenson this week.And on Wednesday, for the first time, O...