Tucker Carlson Drops New Allegations on Ilhan Omar's Immigration/Marriage History
Fox News hosts reveals bombshell new details from investigation into radical Democrat
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson has dropped bombshell new allegations against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) regarding the radical Democrat's immigration and marriage history.
Carlson revealed details of a new report from investigative journalist David Steinberg, who has reportedly been investigating the allegations surrounding Omar's marital history and interviewing members of the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota.
"David Steinberg spent a decade as PJ Media's New York editor," Carlson begins.
"He has been closely investigating Ilhan Omar's background for years since she entered public life.
"He's cultivated sources within the Minnesota Somali community.
"He knows as much about Omar's background as any reporter could know.
"Very few are interested, but he's deeply interested and he should be.
"Just this morning, Steinberg released a piece on Power Line.
"In that piece, he repeats the claim that Omar married her biological brother."
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Carlson continued: "And then he makes this stunning allegation, sourced to members of the Minneapolis Somali community: 'In 1995 Ilhan entered the United States as a fraudulent member of the Omar family. That is not her family.
"'The Omar family is a second unrelated family which was being granted asylum by the United States.
"'The Omars allowed Ilhan, her genetic sister Sahra, and her genetic father Nur Said to use false names to apply for asylum as members of the Omar family.
"'Ilhan's genetic family split up at this time.
"'Ilhan's three other siblings, using their real names, managed to get asylum in the United Kingdom.'"
"Steinberg goes on to say Ilhan's brother was one of those three siblings and that she was later legally married to this man, her biological brother, from 2009 until 2017," Carlson stated.
"It's a shocking claim, so far it is unproven," Carlson continues.
"Omar has denied the story, but she hasn't disproven it.
"The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Omar's local newspaper responsible for a lot of fawning coverage about Omar, has tried to investigate the matter.
"They say they can neither confirm nor rebut the allegations.
"Omar is not participating.
"Last month, the paper noted that Omar has refused even to provide the full names of her immediate family.
"Let's read that again, the paper revealed last month that Omar will not even reveal the names of her family.
"None of her relatives have come forward to comment on this, by the way.
"It is all bizarre, but it deserves to be investigated.
"There is far more smoke here than ever was for the idea that say, 'the president colluded with Russia to rig the election.'
"So, we'd like to know more."
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump briefly spoke about the allegations surrounding Omar, saying:
"There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. I know nothing about it.
"I hear she was married to her brother…
"I’m sure that somebody would be looking at that."
President Donald Trump on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN): “There's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. I know nothing about it. … I’m sure that somebody would be looking at that” pic.twitter.com/U6Vs7UpblZ
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 17, 2019
The president's comments quickly reignited the debate regarding the allegations surrounding Omar's marital situation.
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Last month, the Star Tribune reported that "new investigative documents released by a state agency have given fresh life to lingering questions about the marital history of Rep. Ilhan Omar and whether she once married a man — possibly her own brother — to skirt immigration laws."
"Sent a list of questions and a request to talk to her siblings and father, Omar declined to do so," the Tribune added.
"Omar declined to make her tax and immigration records available for this report. ...
"Omar’s relatives could also clear the air, but they have remained silent about her marriage ...
"She declined to make her family available for this story."
The Washington Examiner reported a slightly different aspect of the story last month:
Dozens of official documents suggest that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was living with her current husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, throughout her entire legal marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, contradicting the story she tells to explain her multiple marriages.
The allegations surrounding Omar's marital history resurfaced last month after a Minnesota campaign finance investigation found that Omar "filed taxes in 2014 and 2015 with her current husband, Ahmed Hirsi, while she was still legally married to but separated from Elmi," the Star Tribune added.
