[NYPost] Feds have DNA evidence that could prove Ilhan Omar wed her brother, committed immigration fraud: sources
Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud, as part of the sprawling investigation into the congresswoman, sources told The Post.
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 — and possibly members of her family like her father — defrauded immigration authorities.
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 — which never came to fruition.
It’s unclear whether the DNA was taken before or after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) searched the congresswoman’s home in Washington, DC, last Monday, when federal agents were seen exiting the bungalow with boxes marked “Seized Property Evidence.”
Another source pushed back on initial reports that investigators had gone “dumpster diving” in order to get DNA swabs of Omar, Elmi, who is currently residing in the UK, or family members.
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’s Office.
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.
“If you argue a conspiracy, you can allege overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy that are outside the statute of limitations,” said Neama Rahmini, a former federal prosecutor.
DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is also investigating issues related to the congresswoman’s finances — 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 “discrepancy.”
“That judge would not have signed that warrant unless there was probable cause,” Pirro told Fox News. “If there was a crime committed, it will be prosecuted.”
Sure, but a good prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich. It’s getting a conviction that’s hard, so we’ll see. Still, it should prove amusing either way, and is a message to all the other clever boots who may decide that self-deporting is preferable to suffering through the process.
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.
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.
President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said over the weekend that the feds have built “a strong case” 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.
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Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. I suspect that at the end of the day, we will find that Somalis are hopelessly inbred and everyone is brothers and sisters.
[RedState] House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) walked into a Cuban bakery in Miami last week hoping to help a Democrat win a congressional seat, but instead set off a political firestorm that has ended with two Cuban bakeries publicly denouncing socialism.
Here's what happened.
Jeffries, who's hoping desperately to become speaker of the House come January, accompanied Democrat Eliott Rodriguez — a former CBS Miami anchor who is challenging Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar in Florida's 27th Congressional District — to the Cuban-American CAO Bakery & Cafe on Friday.
There was the usual campaign song and dance routine, with Jeffries and Rodriguez sipping cafecitos and making all kinds of promises to the voters of South Florida. It was after the duo left the cafe that things began to go sideways.
Rodriguez's campaign immediately posted video of the campaign stop, including a shot of Jeffries heaping praise on the cafe for hosting them.
The backlash from the local Cuban community was fast and fierce because, well, Cuban Americans know quite a bit about the harsh realities of socialism. Things became so intense that CAO owner Yvette Rodriguez Cao felt compelled to make it clear that allowing Democrats into her bakery was not an endorsement of their politics.
[Twitchy] Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Reveals El-Sayed Receives Overseas Donations, Admits Foreign Contributions Are Illegal Under Federal Law, Warns Denouncing Hamas Could Cost Support
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El Sayed campaign says leaker is junior staffer who only worked for them on lower level stuff and also never worked for them
[IsraelTimes] After four years of government stability despite protests, upheaval, tragedy and war, voters will once again have their say at the ballot box. From frontrunners Yashar and Likud to the one-man Shema and the perennial also-ran Pirates, these are the factions vying for the Knesset’s 120 seats on October 27.
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I actually read the L*O*N*G article. I think I'd support the Shema party if I was over there and inclined to vote.
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