Obama claims probe into Ilhan Omar sham marriage is appalling but was actually started by his admin
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has publicly lambasted the Trump administration’s probe of “Squad” Rep.Ilhan Omar, despite his administration being the first to investigate whether she married her brother.In 2016, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security uncovered evidence that Omar’s (D-Minn.) marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, long speculated to be her brother, was fraudulent, The Post confirmed.But ultimately, the feds found that any potential crime took place outside the five-year statute of limitations, resulting in the probe stalling out.
It’s not immediately clear what evidence had been uncovered.Last week, Obama delivered a stern rebuke of the Trump administration over the Oct.
12 raid on Omar’s DC home, which is believed to revolve around accusations that she fudged information about her age on her immigration paperwork.Obama called the raid “appalling.”“Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case,” the 44th president posted on X.“Think about that.
The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.”Obama pointed to reports that the raid on Omar’s home and ongoing federal investigation into her is predicated on the theory that she may have obtained her US citizenship illegitimately.Omar became an American citizen in 2000, about five years after moving to the United States from Somalia as a refugee.
She was given citizenship status because she was believed to be under 17.That’s one of the key aspects of her paperwork that federal investigators are reportedly examining. If she was actually 18 years old at the time, as the Trump administration apparently suspects, she wouldn’t have been eligible for US citizenship through that avenue.
Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, died ...