{"id":5877,"date":"2026-01-01T20:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T03:11:00","slug":"the-ilhan-omar-file-court-discovery-phase-would-unravel-her-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/2026\/01\/01\/the-ilhan-omar-file-court-discovery-phase-would-unravel-her-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ilhan Omar File: Court Discovery Phase Would Unravel Her Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='dropshadowboxes-container dropshadowboxes-center ' style='width:100%;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style='width:auto; border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#ffffff;    '>\r\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/2026\/01\/01\/the-ilhan-omar-file-court-discovery-phase-would-unravel-her-story\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5878\" src=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62-1024x917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62-1024x917.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62-768x688.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62-850x761.jpg 850w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/282e7c08-0c2c-466e-bbf9-69ac48428b62.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"prose dark:prose-invert inline leading-relaxed break-words min-w-0 [word-break:break-word] prose-strong:font-medium [&amp;_&gt;*:first-child]:mt-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">For nearly a decade, allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother to facilitate his immigration have swirled around her career, yet she has never once taken a single accuser to court for defamation, despite books, op\u2011eds, TV segments, and articles stating the charge as fact. In a legal system where a successful defamation suit could both vindicate her and devastate her critics financially, that silence is not just curious; it is the tell that points straight toward what a courtroom\u2019s discovery process might uncover.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">jonathanturley<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-unresolved-core-allegation\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 font-display font-semimedium text-base first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+&amp;]:mt-4\"><strong>The unresolved core allegation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Minnesota media and fact\u2011checkers have repeatedly tried to untangle Omar\u2019s marital history and have ended up in the same uncomfortable place: unable to either prove or definitively debunk the brother\u2011marriage claim.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage-history\/511681362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">startribune<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"marker:text-quiet list-disc\">\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Public records show a convoluted sequence: a religious marriage to Ahmed Hirsi in 2002, a religious divorce in 2008, a legal\/religious marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, a religious separation from Elmi in 2011, reconciliation with Hirsi in 2012 (including the birth of a third child), a legal divorce from Elmi in 2017, and a new legal marriage to Hirsi in 2018.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/nation-world\/politifact-did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-the-minneapolis-star-tribune-investigated-and-heres-what-they-found-20190719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">tampabay<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">When the Minneapolis Star Tribune dug into the question of whether Elmi is her sibling, it concluded it could \u201cneither conclusively confirm nor rebut the allegation,\u201d a finding echoed by PolitiFact and earlier work by Snopes.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">snopes<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">That is an extraordinary admission: after years of investigation, local reporters and national fact\u2011checkers still cannot tell the public who this man is in relation to a sitting member of Congress.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2019\/jul\/18\/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">politifact<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"red-flags-in-the-record\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 font-display font-semimedium text-base first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+&amp;]:mt-4\"><strong>Red flags in the record<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">The paper trail around Omar\u2019s personal life and immigration history is not merely \u201ccomplicated\u201d; it is riddled with anomalies that would attract scrutiny for any ordinary visa applicant, let alone a federal officeholder.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage-history\/511681362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">startribune<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"marker:text-quiet list-disc\">\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">A Minnesota campaign finance board found that Omar filed joint tax returns with Hirsi in years when she was still legally married to Elmi, a violation that forced her to repay funds and raised obvious questions about which relationship was \u201creal\u201d in the eyes of the law.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/nation-world\/politifact-did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-the-minneapolis-star-tribune-investigated-and-heres-what-they-found-20190719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">tampabay<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Investigations have relied heavily on now\u2011deleted social media posts, conflicting family narratives, and the unexplained presence of Elmi in the same Minneapolis\u2013North Dakota orbit as Omar\u2019s known relatives.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">hotair<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Omar has produced no DNA evidence, no detailed family registry, and no fully transparent immigration file that would definitively show that Elmi is <em>not<\/em> her brother, despite the fact that such proof would instantly detonate the allegations against her.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">jonathanturley<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Even sympathetic outlets concede that the existing evidence does not close the case against her critics; at best, they argue the rumor \u201clacks credible evidence,\u201d not that it has been decisively disproven.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/collections\/ilhan-omar-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">snopes<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-targetrich-environment-for-a-defamation-suit\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 font-display font-semimedium text-base first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+&amp;]:mt-4\"><strong>A \u201ctarget\u2011rich\u201d environment for a defamation suit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Under American defamation law, a public figure can sue if critics make false statements of fact about them with \u201cactual malice\u201d \u2013 knowing falsity or reckless disregard for the truth. In Omar\u2019s case, the bar for finding such defendants is unusually low because many commentators have gone beyond \u201cquestions\u201d and flatly asserted, in headlines and books, that \u201cYes, Ilhan Omar married her brother.\u201d<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">hotair<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"marker:text-quiet list-disc\">\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Legal scholars have noted that there is \u201cno statute of limitations problem or other legal barrier\u201d preventing her from selecting defendants, especially those who published the accusation in recent years.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">jonathanturley<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">One law professor described her situation as a \u201ctarget\u2011rich environment\u201d for defamation litigation: pundits, bloggers, and authors have all put their names to categorical claims that she committed marital and immigration fraud.<span class=\"inline-flex\" aria-label=\"Border Tsar Homan Announces Investigation into Rep. Omar\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">jonathanturley<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">In other words, if the allegation is plainly false, Omar sits on a gold mine of potential lawsuits that could generate damages, retractions, and judicial findings in her favor.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">hotair<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-discovery-trap-she-appears-to-fear\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 font-display font-semimedium text-base first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+&amp;]:mt-4\"><strong>The discovery trap she appears to fear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">So why no lawsuit? The most plausible explanation is not legal weakness but fear of what the discovery process would drag into the light. Discovery in a defamation case would not revolve around feelings; it would drill straight into documents, records, and sworn testimony.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">hotair<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"marker:text-quiet list-disc\">\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Defense lawyers would subpoena immigration files, refugee camp documents, school records, and any consular or family paperwork tracing the Omar\u2013Elmi clan from Somalia to Kenya to the United States and the UK.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">snopes<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">They could seek depositions of relatives, including siblings and extended family, under oath, on the question of who is related to whom and how.<span class=\"inline-flex\" aria-label=\"Border Tsar Homan Announces Investigation into Rep. Omar\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">jonathanturley<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">They would almost certainly demand DNA testing to establish or refute a sibling relationship between Omar and Elmi, a step even friendly commentators acknowledge would be \u201cconclusive but compelling\u201d evidence either way.<span class=\"inline-flex\" aria-label=\"Scott Johnson: Yes, Omar Married Her Brother \u2013 And I Have ... - HotAir\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">hotair<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">If Omar\u2019s story is immaculate, this process is her path to vindication; if it is not, discovery becomes a minefield. The fact that she has chosen, year after year, not to step onto that battlefield speaks louder than any tweet.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">jonathanturley<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"silence-as-a-strategic-calculation\" class=\"mb-2 mt-4 font-display font-semimedium text-base first:mt-0 md:text-lg [hr+&amp;]:mt-4\"><strong>Silence as a strategic calculation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Omar and her defenders typically frame the brother\u2011marriage charge as a racist smear, insisting it is too absurd to dignify. Yet for all the talk of \u201cbaseless\u201d and \u201cbigoted\u201d attacks, the response has stopped conspicuously short of the one move that would shut critics down: forcing them to defend their claims before a judge and jury.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/examining-trumps-claims-about-representative-ilhan-omar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">nytimes<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"marker:text-quiet list-disc\">\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Fact\u2011checkers like Snopes now describe the allegation as lacking evidence but still admit they cannot fully map her family tree or reconcile all discrepancies in the record.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/collections\/ilhan-omar-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">snopes<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"py-0 my-0 prose-p:pt-0 prose-p:mb-2 prose-p:my-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:pt-0 [&amp;&gt;p]:mb-2 [&amp;&gt;p]:my-0\">\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Local reporting by the Star Tribune and others underscores that key questions remain unanswered because Omar has \u201cdeclined to say anything\u201d about critical gaps in her marital history.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage-history\/511681362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">startribune<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">When a public official loudly denies an allegation while avoiding the one forum that could decisively clear their name, observers are entitled to draw inferences. Omar\u2019s refusal to sue, in the face of bold, explicit accusations, looks less like confidence and more like a calculation: better to live with a festering scandal than to risk a discovery process that might confirm, in sworn documents and DNA, that her critics were not defaming her at all \u2013 they were getting too close to the truth.<span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"citation inline\"><a class=\"inline\" href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px select-none whitespace-nowrap -top-px font-sans text-base text-foreground selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-foreground dark:selection:bg-super\/10 dark:selection:text-super\"><span class=\"text-3xs rounded-badge group min-w-4 cursor-pointer text-center align-middle font-mono tabular-nums py-[0.1875rem] leading-snug px-[0.3rem] [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:bg-super dark:[@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-inverse [@media(hover:hover)]:hover:text-white border-subtlest ring-subtlest divide-subtlest bg-subtle\"><span class=\"relative -mt-px inline-block align-middle max-w-[25ch] overflow-hidden\">hotair<\/span><span class=\"ml-xs -mt-px mr-px inline-block align-middle\"><span class=\"opacity-50\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"><strong><span class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\">Sources:\u200b<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/\">https:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2025\/12\/12\/border-tsar-holman-announces-investigation-into-rep-omar-a-case-for-fraud-or-defamation\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818\">https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2025\/12\/12\/scott-johnson-yes-omar-married-her-brother-and-i-have-the-receipts-n3809818<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage-history\/511681362\">https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/new-documents-revisit-questions-about-rep-ilhan-omar-s-marriage-history\/511681362<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/nation-world\/politifact-did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-the-minneapolis-star-tribune-investigated-and-heres-what-they-found-20190719\/\">https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/nation-world\/politifact-did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-the-minneapolis-star-tribune-investigated-and-heres-what-they-found-20190719\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2019\/jul\/18\/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news\/\">https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2019\/jul\/18\/did-ilhan-omar-marry-her-brother-her-hometown-news\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage\/\">https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/news\/2025\/12\/02\/ilhan-omar-brother-marriage\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/collections\/ilhan-omar-rumors\/\">https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/collections\/ilhan-omar-rumors\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/examining-trumps-claims-about-representative-ilhan-omar.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/18\/us\/politics\/examining-trumps-claims-about-representative-ilhan-omar.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/North\/SomaliaBorn-Candidate-Congress-Accused-ImmigrationMarriage-Fraud\">https:\/\/cis.org\/North\/SomaliaBorn-Candidate-Congress-Accused-ImmigrationMarriage-Fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.mn.gov\/members\/profile\/news\/15286\/41285\">https:\/\/www.house.mn.gov\/members\/profile\/news\/15286\/41285<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/nation-world\/ilhan-omars-ex-posts-from-south-africa-amid-trump-saying-the-pair-are-siblings-pennsylvania-rally-uk-somalia\">https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/nation-world\/ilhan-omars-ex-posts-from-south-africa-amid-trump-saying-the-pair-are-siblings-pennsylvania-rally-uk-somalia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WIONews\/posts\/did-ilhan-omar-really-marry-her-own-brother-trump-says-yesheres-what-we-found-ht\/1144385281133978\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WIONews\/posts\/did-ilhan-omar-really-marry-her-own-brother-trump-says-yesheres-what-we-found-ht\/1144385281133978\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2016\/08\/17\/ilhan-omar-marriage-history\">https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2016\/08\/17\/ilhan-omar-marriage-history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DavidJHarrisJr\/posts\/fun-fact-ilhan-omar-still-hasnt-sued-anyone-who-claims-she-married-her-brother-f\/1436022954762908\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DavidJHarrisJr\/posts\/fun-fact-ilhan-omar-still-hasnt-sued-anyone-who-claims-she-married-her-brother-f\/1436022954762908\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hQmtG-mlhx0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hQmtG-mlhx0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pgurus1\/videos\/why-do-republicans-keep-accusing-ilhan-omar-of-immigration-fraud-but-do-not-act-\/1566325691176095\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pgurus1\/videos\/why-do-republicans-keep-accusing-ilhan-omar-of-immigration-fraud-but-do-not-act-\/1566325691176095\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foxchattanooga.com\/news\/nation-world\/ilhan-omars-ex-posts-from-south-africa-amid-trump-saying-the-pair-are-siblings-pennsylvania-rally-uk-somalia\">https:\/\/foxchattanooga.com\/news\/nation-world\/ilhan-omars-ex-posts-from-south-africa-amid-trump-saying-the-pair-are-siblings-pennsylvania-rally-uk-somalia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\/\">https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cfb.mn.gov\/pdf\/bdactions\/1725_Complaint.pdf\">https:\/\/cfb.mn.gov\/pdf\/bdactions\/1725_Complaint.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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