Ilhan Omar's tangled family web laid bare as feds raid her home
Click through Omar's family tree to meet the 'colonel' father, the three husbands and the man accused of being her brother.
TL;DR
- Homeland Security agents raided Ilhan Omar's Washington D.C. home as part of a federal criminal probe.
- The investigation centers on her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, and allegations of lies or omissions on immigration forms.
- Omar claims she became a citizen in 2000 through her father, a route available to those under 18.
- Agents seized Omar's phone and passport; subpoenas were issued to her sister Sahra Noor and others.
- The probe revives claims that Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was to her brother, which she denies.
- Omar's father is described as a 'full colonel' in Siad Barre's military regime, with claims he misrepresented himself as a refugee.
- Omar married Ahmed Hirsi (father of her children) in a religious ceremony in 2002, divorced in 2008, reconciled in 2011, and legally married in 2018.
- Omar legally married current husband Tim Mynett in March 2020; his firm received significant payments from Omar's campaign.
- Omar's sister, Sahra Noor, received a grand jury subpoena.
- Omar's adult son Adnan Hirsi's apartment was searched, but he is not accused of wrongdoing.