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Star Tribune Investigation 'Could Neither Conclusively Confirm nor Rebut' Ilhan Omar Married Brother | Breitbart

posted onJune 24, 2019
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Article snippet: Omar was found earlier thismonth to have violated Minnesota campaign finance laws by using campaign funds to pay for out-of-state travel not related to her state legislative duties, and for legal expenses related to her personal tax returns. She was ordered to reimburse her campaign and pay a civil penalty of $500 to the state. The state probe also found that in 2014 and 2015, Omar filed joint tax returns with Ahmed Hirsi, who is her current husband and the father of her children. The problem is that she was legally married to another man, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, at the time. Critics have alleged for years that Elmi was her brother, a claim that Omar has denied. The Star Tribune report reported: Read the full Star Tribune article here. Omar has claimed that she married Hirsi (then Ahmed Aden) in an Islamic ceremony in 2002 but never married him legally. They split up in 2008, and she then married Elmi legally in 2009. Though she broke up with Elmi in 2011, she remained legally married to him while filing tax returns with Hirsi. She divorced Elmi before marrying Hirsi legally. The Star Tribune reported that Omar refused to provide her tax returns or immigration documents for review — an ironic detail, since she has insisted that President Donald Trump produce his tax returns. Omar also refused to provide her tax returns to the Associated Press earlier this month. Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journ... Link to the full article to read more

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