Ilhan Omar Insists Her Name Has Always Been Ilhan Omar After DOJ Filing Raises Questions

Federal prosecutors have referred to Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota by a different name in court papers, and she responded Friday by insisting she has only ever been Ilhan Omar. Speaking to Fox News Digital outside a Minneapolis shopping center, the Democrat gave her name as Ilhan Abdullahi Omar. A filing asking to hold back documents tied to a search warrant for her Washington home labeled her "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," without saying why. That first name set matches Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she wed in 2009. Rumors that the two are siblings have floated for years, and she has denied them, as has her spokesperson, who called the claims completely false, according to Daily Wire.

Omar also used X to accuse President Donald Trump of steering the Justice Department toward political attacks on her. Authorities are looking into possible immigration fraud tied to how she or her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, came to the country. Homeland Security Investigations agents searched her residence on October 12, taking devices and papers, and subpoenas have gone to relatives. She has not been charged and calls the probe politically driven.

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