The Hitchhiker's Guide to why removing Ilhan Omar from Congress could be harder than Trump expects

President Donald Trump is demanding that Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, leave Congress, though Omar is likely to win reelection next week in a solidly blue district that Omar carried with nearly three-quarters of the vote two years ago. Trump claims Omar is not in the country legally and was sworn in under a fake name, according to Fox News.

The Justice Department is investigating Omar for possible immigration fraud, and agents recently removed 17 items from Omar's Washington home, including phones, notebooks, a camera and a Somali phrase book for Omar's children. A federal filing in the inquiry gives the name Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, also known as Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, and Omar told Fox Digital's Rashid Umar Abbasi that the latter is correct.

Yet the House Clerk lists the name Ilhan Omar alone on 15 financial disclosure reports dating to 2018, as did the Minnesota legislature. Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution gives each chamber final authority over its membership, and Trump has suggested the House might decline to seat Omar. At least one House Republican is willing to look into it, but only if the facts warrant.

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