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Feb 15, 2019 · In 2016, when it looked like Ilhan Omar stood a good chance of becoming the first Somali-American elected to the Minnesota state House of Representatives, rumors swirled that she had married...
Jan 26, 2020 · If Omar did marry her brother, she could be found guilty of committing marriage fraud — a felony offense punishable with a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of up to $250,000.
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Jul 18, 2019 · For years, critics of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., have raised questions about her marriages and made the explosive claim that she had married her brother.
- They First Applied For A Marriage License When She Was 19
- Legal Marriage to Another Man — and Reconciliation with Hirsi
- ‘Offensive’ Rumors About Their Relationship
- Affair Allegation
In a statement released in 2016, before Omar was elected to Minnesota’s House of Representatives, she opened up about her personal life — which was already the subject of what she called painful rumors. “In 2002, when I was 19 years old, Ahmed Hirsi (whose name before he received citizenship was Ahmed Aden), the father of my children and love of my...
During her time apart from Hirsi, Omar began a relationship with another man, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she would go on to legally marry in 2009. In her 2016 statement, Omar said that their relationship “ended in 2011 and we divorced in our faith tradition,” after which he “moved home to England.” Tthe pair would not go on to get legally divorced f...
Since 2016, when Omar first ran for office, she has been forced to contend with the claim — which she has called “absurd and offensive” — that Elmi was actually her brother and the two had really wed to advance his own immigration case. This allegation traced back to a Somali forum, according to the Star-Tribune. Although her 2016 statement was rel...
In August, a political consultant’s estranged wife alleged as part of their own divorce that Omar had an affair with him, according to The Washington Postand other outlets, citing court documents. The consultant, who had worked for Omar in the past, according to the Post, reportedly denied this — charging the accusation was part of a smear campaign...
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Jun 23, 2019 · A state probe of campaign finance violations showed that Rep. Ilhan Omar filed federal taxes in 2014 and 2015 with her current husband, Ahmed Hirsi, while legally married to but separated from...
Nov 30, 2021 · Conservative websites have claimed for years that Omar's second husband was really her brother. No evidence — like a birth certificate or other legal document — has surfaced to prove the ...
Mar 13, 2020 · MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has married a political consultant who worked for her, months after the two were accused of having an affair, which she denied. A marriage license filed in Washington, D.C., shows Omar married political consultant Tim Mynett on Wednesday.
