Federal prosecutors plan to use DNA evidence in their criminal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), people familiar with the probe told the New York Post on Monday. One source said the DNA is critical to proving the long-running allegation that Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was a marriage to her brother, made so he could get a green card he never received. Omar has denied the claim since 2016, no charges have been filed, and the Justice Department has not confirmed any DNA evidence.
The DNA report is the latest turn in a probe that went public a week ago, when Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar's Washington home on Oct. 12. Agents also seized Omar's phone, and more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas have gone out, some to her relatives, a source told the Associated Press. The grand jury is collecting evidence in Minnesota, where the U.S. Attorney's Office opened the case. Omar called the search an "attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement" and said, "I will not be silenced."
The Post's sources did not say whether the DNA was collected before or after the search. One of them push
