Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed the Department of Justice is investigating Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over allegations of immigration fraud “right now.”
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating Somalia-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) for possible immigration fraud on Tuesday. He made the remarks during a press briefing, responding to questions about whether an indictment against the Minnesota Democrat might be forthcoming. 📺 DETAIL: Vance noted that there are questions about Omar’s marriage history and whether it was used to commit immigration fraud. “If we think that there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime, and that’s something the Department of Justice is looking at right now,” Vance said of Omar, who has previously been accused of marrying her brother as part of a green card scam. However, despite this focus on her brother, she also faces lesser-known but potentially more serious allegation related to her father, Colonel Nur Omar Mohamed, namely that she did not disclose her family’s role in committing war crimes in Somalia under the former Marxist-Leninist regime of Major General Siad Barre. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice under the laws.” – J.D. Vance 🎯 IMPACT: The investigation could have significant political and legal implications for Omar, who has been a prominent leftist in Congress and a vocal critic of the Trump administration. Omar has denied the allegations. The Vice President stressed on Tuesday that he does not want to “prejudge” the investigation. 📺 FLASHBACK: In March, Vane told social media personality Benny Johnson, “We actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,” adding: “I talked to Stephen Miller about this, actually, recently. We’re trying to look at what the remedies are, that’s the thing we’re trying to figure out.” |
JUST IN – VP JD Vance says DOJ is investigating Ilhan Omar:
“You read the things about Ilhan Omar and about who she married and whether she didn’t marry this person or that person.”
“It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice… pic.twitter.com/9QBSvOjuTT
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