{"id":377579,"date":"2026-10-20T03:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377579\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T03:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:40:29","slug":"feds-have-dna-evidence-that-could-prove-ilhan-omar-wed-brother-committed-immigration-fraud-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377579\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds have DNA evidence that could prove Ilhan Omar wed brother, committed immigration fraud: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud<\/a>, as part of the sprawling investigation into the congresswoman, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n

People familiar with the years-long criminal probe said the feds have made use of whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate decade-old allegations that Omar \u2014 and possibly members of her family like her father \u2014 defrauded immigration authorities.<\/p>\n

One source said the DNA evidence was critical to proving an allegation that Omar married her brother when she wed Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 because she was trying to help him get a green card \u2014 which never came to fruition.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether the DNA was taken before or after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) searched the congresswoman\u2019s home<\/a> in Washington, DC, last Monday, when federal agents were seen exiting the bungalow with boxes marked \u201cSeized Property Evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeland Security officers carry boxes from the Washington residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Oct. 12, 2026, during a search. AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite<\/p>\n

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jan. 28, 2026, a day after she was confronted by a man who squirted an unknown liquid at her during a public appearance. James Keivom<\/p>\n

Another source pushed back on initial reports that investigators had gone \u201cdumpster diving<\/a>\u201d in order to get DNA swabs of Omar, Elmi, who is currently residing in the UK, or family members.<\/p>\n

Two more indicated that the execution of the search warrant on Oct. 12, coupled with the DNA and additional evidence, has provided a solid basis to bring charges of conspiracy to commit some form of immigration fraud before a grand jury, stemming from the probe initiated by the Minnesota US Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Given the case is being pursued as a general conspiracy, the evidence will prove useful even if some of the acts fall outside of the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you argue a conspiracy, you can allege overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy that are outside the statute of limitations,\u201d said Neama Rahmini, a former federal prosecutor.<\/p>\n

British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who was married to Rep. Ilhan Omar from 2009 to 2017, is seen in an undated photo posted to Facebook, as shown Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.<\/p>\n

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is also investigating issues related to the congresswoman\u2019s finances \u2014 including entries in House disclosures that resulted in Omar deflating her net worth by tens of millions of dollars in the last year due to an unexplained accounting \u201cdiscrepancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat judge would not have signed that warrant unless there was probable cause,\u201d Pirro told Fox News. \u201cIf there was a crime committed, it will be prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DNA evidence could finally prove an allegation that has percolated in Minnesota and DC political circles for more than a decade. Omar has repeatedly denied any accusations of the rumored sibling marriage since 2016, when she was first running for office as a state representative.<\/p>\n

Elmi, who divorced from Omar in 2017, reportedly applied and then withdrew his application for a marriage-based green card in 2019, when US Citizenship and Immigration Services asked for additional evidence about his marriage to her, according to The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

President Trump\u2019s border czar Tom Homan said over the weekend that the feds have built \u201ca strong case<\/a>\u201d that could result in the Trump administration seeking to denaturalize Omar, who has lived in the US since her family emigrated from war-torn Somalia in 1995.<\/p>\n

Previously, sources said that the immigration fraud pertained to either Omar or her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, allegedly misrepresenting the future congresswoman\u2019s birth date so that she could become a US citizen when her dad naturalized in 2000.<\/p>\n

Legal experts have noted the statute of limitations is lengthier<\/a> for providing false information on immigration paperwork than for fraudulently marrying someone<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Border czar Tom Homan believes the feds have a \u201cstrong case\u201d against Omar. Tamara Beckwith<\/p>\n

A marriage fraud conviction also wouldn\u2019t jeopardize Omar\u2019s own citizenship in the same way as a case involving false statements, a stated goal of some administration officials and one that could be proven if the alleged inaccuracies were repeated on passport renewal forms or other official government paperwork.<\/p>\n

Rahmani said that prosecutors could attempt to prove a conspiracy to commit immigration fraud that will likely fall within a 10-year statute of limitations \u2014 or else pursue a civil case that would have no statute of limitations. Pirro has also suggested either criminal or civil counts could result from the ongoing probes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s two reasons why I think the conspiracy will be charged,\u201d Rahmani said. \u201cFirst, you have an unindicted co-conspirator in her dad, who died. \u2026 [Second,] you get some of this older conduct that\u2019s outside the statute of limitations as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ex-prosecutor added that the search warrant would not have been executed unless it had \u201ccome from the highest levels of the DOJ\u201d and wouldn\u2019t have been pursued unless prosecutors thought they could indict Omar.<\/p>\n

Eventually, though, moving to strip a sitting member of Congress of their citizenship and deporting them would be an unprecedented move by the DOJ.<\/p>\n

Her defense lawyers have said there\u2019s \u201cno legitimate basis for any suggestion that she has violated any law concerning her citizenship status.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Investigations depart Omar\u2019s Washington, D.C., on Oct. 12, 2026, where she is being investigated under a court order initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Andrew Thomas\/CNP for NY Post \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Additionally, a former immigration official told The Washington Post that Omar purportedly marrying her brother had been investigated during the first Trump administration but yielded insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n

Omar has been married three times and divorced twice. Her first marriage to Ahmed Hirsi wasn\u2019t legally entered into until after her divorce from Elmi was finalized \u2014 despite the two having a Muslim wedding ceremony in 2002.<\/p>\n

She gave birth to three children, the last of whom was born when she was legally married to Elmi. Omar, Elmi and Hirsi also appear to have shared the same residence at one point, per documents previously reviewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

Further complicating the overlapping marriages, Omar filed joint taxes with Hirsi in 2014 and 2015 while still legally married to Elmi, from whom she had separated in 2011.<\/p>\n

Omar\u2019s father<\/a> is associated with different surnames<\/a>, including Nur Said Elmi Mohamed.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the congresswoman divorced Hirsi to marry Tim Mynett, a political consultant who did work for her own campaign, following<\/a> an alleged affair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amal Sabrie, Isra Hirsi, Ilhan Omar, Ilwad Hirsi, Ahmed Hirsi and Adnan Hirsi attend the premiere of \u201cTime For Ilhan\u201d during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at Cinepolis Chelsea on April 21, 2018, in New York. Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival<\/p>\n

Asked last week about the seizure of evidence in his wife\u2019s case, Mynett told Fox News: \u201cMy wife came here when she was 12 years old as a child war refugee.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of last week, Omar also retained attorneys, who fired off a scathing letter to the Department of Justice citing \u201cgrave concerns\u201d with the Trump administration\u2019s investigation and demanding the \u201cimmediate return\u201d of all seized property to the Minnesota Democrat.<\/p>\n

The defense attorneys Amy Jeffress and Joshua Matz, who did not respond to requests for comment, wrote that the feds didn\u2019t comply with a magistrate judge\u2019s \u201cspecial requests\u201d for executing the search warrant at Omar\u2019s home and flouted longstanding DOJ policy by conducting it close to an election.<\/p>\n

Timothy \u201cTim\u201d Mynett, Omar\u2019s husband, walks their dog outside their residence in Washington, D.C. Andrew Thomas\/CNP for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has made no secret of his desire to target Representative Omar for criminal investigation and deportation as retribution for her political advocacy,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

A DOJ spokesperson replied that the letter was \u201criddled with false allegations and inaccuracies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur attorneys and law enforcement partners complied with all court orders and legal obligations, as they always do,\u201d the rep added. \u201cLeaking a letter to the press right after sending it is not good faith. It is a publicity play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[383,153,396,12540,2301,9,11,10,87,58],"class_list":["post-377579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-department-of-justice","tag-donald-trump","tag-fraud","tag-ilhan-omar","tag-immigration","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-politics","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}