Obama called the Ilhan Omar probe 'appalling', but HIS administration first investigated her 'sham marriage' to her suspected brother
Ilhan Omar, who is facing a Trump administration probe into her conduct, appeared alongside streamer Hasan Piker at a sold-out Minneapolis event eight days before the midterm elections.Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, Ilhan Omar's husband, who also alleged to be her brother, identified himself as "a gay man of the East African diaspora" in an August 2026 academic paper, adding weight to claims their 2009 marriage…
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security launched an investigation in summer 2016 into Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, turning up evidence suggesting it may have been fraudulent. Prosecutors ultimately shelved the case after concluding the potential crime fell outside the five-year statute of limitations. A Biden-appointed US attorney in Minnesota closed a separate review of the matter in 2021.
Elmi, now a doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol, described himself as 'a gay man of the East African diaspora' in an academic paper published in August 2026.
When asked on live television whether she had married her brother, Omar replied 'not to my knowledge' — an answer that attracted widespread attention.
Republican challenger John Nagel, a 30-year Minnesota State Patrol veteran, is demanding that Omar make her immigration files public and submit to a DNA test to clear her name ahead of Tuesday's midterms.
