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Ilhan Omar Investigation Involves New Scrutiny of Long-Disputed Marriage
New York Times ^ | October 29, 2026 | Ernesto Londoño

Posted on 10/29/2026 8:16:40 PM PDT by grundle

an Obama-era investigation found some evidence that Ms. Omar had entered into a sham marriage with a man who may have been her brother

The F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security investigated the marriage in summer 2016, during the Obama administration, and found some evidence that it was fraudulent

that case stalled chiefly because prosecutors concluded that the potential crime, a felony, fell outside a five-year statute of limitations

Federal agents in Minnesota opened an investigation... They found evidence suggesting that Mr. Elmi and Ms. Omar were siblings

Mr. Elmi had obtained a provisional two-year green card based on the marriage... But when he sought to make that status permanent, immigration officials requested additional evidence about the validity of the marriage. Instead of responding, Mr. Elmi left the United States and abandoned his green card petition

although Ms. Omar is an observant Muslim, the couple’s marriage certificate was signed by a Christian pastor rather than an imam

In 2014 and 2015, when she was still legally married to Mr. Elmi, Ms. Omar filed joint federal tax returns with Mr. Hirsi

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: fraud; ilhanelmi; moslem; somalian; taqiyya

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1 posted on 10/29/2026 8:16:41 PM PDT by grundle
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Critics allege that Omar an observant Muslim, had the couple’s marriage certificate signed by a Christian pastor b/c it was a non-traditional or “sham” arrangement——a civil union entered into for immigration purposes rather than a standard religious partnership.


2 posted on 10/29/2026 8:27:52 PM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: grundle
Ms. Omar is an observant Muslim

Definitely an observant practitioner of TAQIYYA!

3 posted on 10/29/2026 8:30:48 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: grundle

Drip, drip, drip.


4 posted on 10/29/2026 8:31:42 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: grundle

If she’s guilty does she get dumped and all voting, all everything she’s done reversed or deleted?


5 posted on 10/29/2026 8:57:52 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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No. Also she is unlikely to be convicted of fraud or consanguineous marriage due to a statute of limitations of five years from the date of the marriage. It would have no affect on her citizenship as the marriage imputes no fraud to the obtainment of her naturalization.


6 posted on 10/30/2026 12:06:11 AM PDT by woodpusher
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To: Liz

7 posted on 10/30/2026 2:56:13 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>))
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To: Candor7
She just needs a little help from her friends


8 posted on 10/30/2026 3:41:49 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: grundle

Looks like she never divorced her first husband, so she could be guilty of bigamy?


9 posted on 10/30/2026 4:12:02 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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