US Representative Ilhan Omar denied marrying her brother during a television interview as federal investigators continue an ongoing immigration fraud probe.
Rep. Ilhan Omar gave an unusual response Wednesday when directly asked whether she was related to former husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, calling longstanding allegations that she married her brother “insane” before answering that the two were not related “to my knowledge.”
The Minnesota Democrat addressed the allegation during an interview with MS NOW host Chris Hayes, her first extended television interview since Homeland Security Investigations agents searched her Washington, D.C., residence on October 12 as part of an ongoing immigration fraud investigation.
Hayes noted that President Donald Trump and other critics have repeatedly alleged that Elmi was Omar’s brother and asked whether there was any “weird kernel of truth” behind the accusation.