Report: Obama Admin Allegedly Found Possible Fraud in Omar Marriage
The Facts
- The federal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) focuses partly on whether she entered a sham marriage in 2009 to help a man suspected of being her brother obtain a green card, current and former officials alleged to The New York Times in a report this week.
- The Department of Justice moved this week to block the release of search warrant materials tied to Omar's Washington residence, telling the court the information could jeopardize the inquiry while investigators review evidence.
- Federal agents searched Omar's Washington home Oct. 12, weeks before she seeks a fifth term in Congress. Former President Barack Obama called the search "appalling," while Democrats have described the investigation as political persecution.
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The Spin
Republican narrative
It appears that Democrats have been deliberately protecting Omar for a full decade now. Obama's investigators found evidence that the statute of limitations is based on the last act of fraud, not the original marriage date, proving they intentionally swept this under the rug to protect a fellow party member. Even the New York Times is reporting this now, meaning Omar's fraudulent past won't be hidden any longer.
Democratic narrative
Shared Somali names are not evidence, and a theory that has never produced a document, a DNA test or a single relative willing to confirm it is still just a theory. A stalled inquiry that generated no charges proves nothing except that prosecutors had nothing worth bringing. Representative Omar has been the victim of these heinous conspiracies for years, and Republicans think they can simply invent proof based on past failed investigations.
