Court Filings Identify Ilhan Omar as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi as Trump Demands Resignation
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Updated · Fox Baltimore · Oct 23
Court Filings Identify Ilhan Omar as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi as Trump Demands Resignation
3 articles · Updated · Fox Baltimore · Oct 23
Summary
New federal court filings name Rep. Ilhan Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” intensifying scrutiny of the Minnesota Democrat’s immigration history and prompting Donald Trump to demand she resign from Congress.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, said the issue is whether Omar complied with naturalization and immigration laws, while prosecutors seek to keep records tied to a search of her Washington home under seal.
Trump tied the filings to long-running, unproven allegations that Omar used a false identity and may have married her brother for immigration purposes; Omar has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
MS NOW remarks added another line of attack after Omar said of her former husband, “Not to my knowledge” when asked if they were related, and she separately blamed scrutiny of her finances on politically motivated targeting.
No criminal charges have been announced, and the appearance of another name in court documents does not by itself establish immigration fraud.