Ilhan Omar Clarifies Full Name After 25-Agent Raid Seized 17 Items
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Updated · FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · Oct 22
Ilhan Omar Clarifies Full Name After 25-Agent Raid Seized 17 Items
3 articles · Updated · FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · Oct 22
Summary
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar said Friday that her legal name is "Ilhan Abdullahi Omar," responding to investigators' claim in court filings that "Ilhan Omar" is an alias.
Omar also gave her fullest account yet of the Oct. 12 search of her Washington home, saying up to 25 agents spent four to five hours there and took 17 items.
Those items included several phones, her husband's notebooks, a camera and a Somali-language children's book; Omar said the warrant appeared focused on electronic devices and called the operation "obnoxious."
The Justice Department search is tied to an effort to challenge her citizenship and deport her over alleged immigration fraud, though immigration experts told the Wall Street Journal the government faces a high bar in court.
Omar, who has denied wrongdoing and said agents did not collect DNA during the raid, plans to move because her address is now public and she faces ongoing death threats.