[PJ] When DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin sat down with Fox News on Friday, he delivered some delicious news about the federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
"This isn't just a case that's targeting one individual," Mullin explained. "This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations."
Mullin credited the Homeland Security Investigations agents who searched Omar's Washington, D.C., home on October 12 and hauled out boxes of material. Those agents "did a lot of investigation to be able to present the case to them," he said.
The probe dates back to 2009, when Somalia-born Omar married Ahmed Elmi. Investigators want to know whether that marriage was part of an immigration fraud conspiracy, and whether Omar lied on government paperwork to become a citizen. Elmi is a British citizen who, we recently learned, describes himself as gay, and the evidence points to him being her brother, with the marriage allowing him to remain in the country legally.
Investigators are also scrutinizing her House financial disclosures, which may have padded her net worth by tens of millions of dollars.
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