Republican state lawmakers reported Omar to the IRS in 2019
EXCLUSIVE: A group of Minnesota Republican state lawmakers asked the IRS in August 2019 to "conduct a detailed reexamination" of tax filings by Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., based on a report from a state board suggesting she filed joint tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with a man she was not legally married to, according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.The letter was sent after the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board issued a report on June 6, 2019, indicating that Omar had filed joint tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with Ahmed Hirsi, despite being legally married to another man, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, at the time.The joint tax returns came up during the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board’s examination of a $1,500 expense associated with Omar’s campaign committee.
The board was investigating whether the expenditure was a legitimate campaign-related expense or whether campaign funds had been used to pay for services that benefited Omar personally.The payment was part of a larger $2,250 reimbursement to the Kjellberg Law Office for legal and other services.In 2019, a group of Minnesota Republican state lawmakers asked the IRS to investigate tax filings by Rep.
Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.(Adam Gray/AP Photo)ILHAN OMAR ISSUES STUNNING ADMISSION WHEN CONFRONTED WITH BROTHER MARRIAGE RUMORSIn response to the board’s questions, Omar’s campaign committee explained that the Kjellberg Law Office had retained the accounting firm Frederick & Rosen to obtain and review financial records as part of the campaign committee’s efforts to respond to allegations surrounding Omar’s marital history.
According to the committee’s explanation, Frederick & Rosen prepared releases for Omar and Ahmed Hirsi to sign, so the firm could obtain copies of their filed joint federal income tax returns for 2014 and 2015 from the IRS.Rep.Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., continues to generate headlines related to her finances.
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