Trump says its not looking good for Ilhan Omar suggests she should be forced out of Congress for using fake name

President Trump signaled Thursday that he expects Rep.Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to get the boot from Congress if it turns out that she used a “fake name” when she was sworn in. “It’s not looking good,” Trump said of Omar’s legal predicament after bombshell court filings related to the federal immigration fraud probe against the congresswoman revealed her actual surname – Elmi – is identical to that of her ex-husband, who is also rumored to be her biological brother. “She used a fake name to be sworn in,” Trump asserted at a rally in Iowa.

“I assume she must immediately have to resign from Congress.” The president directed rally-goers to “please inform our great Speaker of the House of Representatives … that the Democrat Party has just conceded her seat.That Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, her real name, has openly admitted to fraud, and she will not be legally allowed to be a member of that august body any longer.” “She won’t be able,” he continued.

“I mean, I don’t know: If you get sworn in with a false name, I would imagine that’s pretty tough to remain.” Prosecutors referred to the Minnesota Democrat as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” in a Wednesday filing in DC federal court. A source familiar with the investigation confirmed that Omar is not the congresswoman’s “real” last name, meaning she was born with the last name of Elmi. Reps for Omar did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. Trump also mocked Omar’s less-than-forceful denial that her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, may be a blood relative. “Not to my knowledge,” Omar responded when asked directly on MS NOW on Wednesday whether she was related to her former husband. Trump called it “one of the worst answers I think I’ve ever heard.” “You know I’ve heard some bad political answers … but that would be about the worst,” the president said, arguing that Omar “didn’t know whether or not she mar...

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