However, the first probe into whether she married her brother began under Obama in 2016. Former US President Barack Obama has criticized the Trump administration’s new investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar.
“Think about that. It is not clear what the evidence was. Part of the new probe is about whether she or her father committed immigration fraud on her citizenship application.
As per Fox News Digital, a source familiar with the matter said a US Attorney in Minnesota, appointed by then-President Joe Biden, shut down the probe in 2021. As per The New York Times, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security started the probe in the summer of 2016. Because she has dared to criticize the president, the full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official. Because of a fresh federal investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman by the Trump administration, now, the issue is back in the spotlight.
They “found some evidence that [the marriage] was fraudulent,” the report said. “The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views,” he added. The Biden administration was also reportedly tipped off about concerns over her paperwork but did not act on it, according to the Post . The court documents from the Trump administration called her “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.”
