Ilhan Omar calls Trump ‘creep’ as president revives ‘fake name,’ marriage allegations

Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, struck back at President Donald Trump on Friday after he demanded she step down from Congress, saying she goes by a false name. On X, she described him as a "creep" who turns to her whenever coverage of him sours, insisted her name has always been Ilhan Omar, and accused the Justice Department of passing along right-wing conspiracy theories. She also jabbed at Vice President JD Vance, suggesting he look into his own real name, according to Fox News.

The exchange grew out of Fox News Digital's reporting that her birth name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. It cited two people close to the federal investigation, one of whom works in law enforcement. A court document filed by prosecutors this week, tied to a warrant covering her home near Washington, listed her as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi and also as Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. Her office rejected the Fox account and affirmed her name. She has not been charged with any crime.

Trump, posting on Truth Social, also resurrected claims that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, her former husband, is actually her brother. Omar has repeatedly denied that. Trump noted the name in the filing matched the man's.

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