Federal investigators sat down with Rep. Ilhan Omar's sister last week, ratcheting up a dual-track probe that could end in immigration fraud charges or even denaturalization for the Minnesota congresswoman — and proving, yet again, that accountability only arrives when outside pressure makes looking the other way too costly for Washington.
Sahra Noor voluntarily spoke with authorities after Homeland Security Investigations raided the northeast DC bungalow Omar shares with her husband, Tim Mynett, at roughly 6 a.m. on Oct. 12, according to three sources familiar with the investigation. Noor had been in the country promoting her book, "Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story," but canceled a scheduled Oct. 15 appearance at the University of Minnesota's Rochester branch. A representative for Garden Party Books, the event's sponsor, told Fox News Digital the cancellation was due to a "family emergency." Noor currently lives in Kenya, according to her LinkedIn profile.
The immigration fraud probe, run by the Minnesota US Attorney's Office, is investigating whether Omar or her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, falsified information on citizenship paperwork — and whether Omar married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in 2009 to help him secure a green card. The New York Post reported that feds have obtained DNA samples to prove the sibling relationship. Two sources indicated that evidence gathered from Omar's home, along with whistleblower accounts and government records, provides a solid foundation to go before a grand jury for an indictment on conspiracy to commit immigration fraud charges.
Elmi divorced Omar in 2017 and applied for a marriage-based green card in 2019, only to withdraw the application when USCIS requested additional information about his relationship with Omar, the Washington Post reported last week.
Border czar Tom Homan said Saturday the feds have built "a strong case" that could lead to Omar's denaturalization. Legal experts note the statute of limitations runs longer for false statements on immigration paperwork than for marriage fraud — and a false-statements case poses a graver threat to Omar's citizenship than a marriage fraud conviction alone.
Meanwhile, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is overseeing a separate probe into Omar and Mynett's finances, including House disclosure forms showing Omar deflated her net worth by tens of millions of dollars last year due to an unexplained accounting "discrepancy."
During the raid, HSI seized Omar's personal phone, passport, and computer, the Wall Street Journal reported. About a dozen people, including Omar relatives, have been subpoenaed, according to the New York Times. Omar's attorneys have demanded the Justice Department return some of the confiscated property.
Omar has not been seen publicly since before the raid, though she posted a statement to X calling it "an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies." She has denied the sibling-marriage allegations since 2016.
The question now is whether two federal probes — one on immigration fraud, one on financial discrepancies — can overcome the institutional inertia that has shielded Omar for years, or whether the system will find a way to let a well-connected member of the Squad walk.
