Ilhan Omar issues stunning admission when confronted with brother marriage rumors

Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., denied Wednesday that she married her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, to commit immigration fraud and pushed back against claims that they are related.But when asked if there's any familial relation with her ex-husband, Omar admitted, "Not to my knowledge." The interview marked the Somali-born congresswoman's first time speaking with the media since federal agents searched her Washington, D.C., residence on Oct.

12.The congresswoman's office has not responded to Fox News Digital's repeated requests for comment regarding the investigations and raid on her home earlier this month.ILHAN OMAR BELIEVES TRUMP RAID ON HOME WAS MEANT TO 'INTIMIDATE AND SCARE PEOPLE' FROM VOTINGU.S.

Representative Ilhan Omar speaks during Day 2 of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Convention in the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn., on Saturday, May 30, 2026.(Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)"It all started with the Somali blog," Omar told MS Now host Chris Hayes regarding longstanding rumors that they are siblings.

"Somebody put it there, that he had to have been my brother or something to that effect."Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents executed a court-authorized search warrant as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation into possible false statements in Omar's immigration and naturalization documents.The Justice Department has not publicly detailed the allegations.FEDERAL AGENTS RAID ILHAN OMAR'S DC HOME AMID IMMIGRATION FRAUD INVESTIGATIONU.S.Magistrate Judge Matthew J.

Sharbaugh of the U.S.District Court for the District of Columbia approved the warrant, according to court-related reporting.Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) raided the Washington, D.C., home of Rep.

Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., early Monday morning, a source familiar with the operation told Fox News Digital.(Andrew Murray/Fox News Digital)Omar has denied wrongdoing and called the investigation politically...