Federal investigators quizzed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s sister last week after the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington, DC home was raided in connection with an ongoing immigration fraud investigation.
Sahra Noor voluntarily spoke with authorities at some point after the Oct. 12 search of the residence Omar shares with her husband, Tim Mynett, according to Fox News Digital, which cited three sources familiar with the investigation. It was not immediately what was discussed.
Noor was scheduled to appear at the University of Minnesota’s Rochester branch on Thursday of last week to promote her new book “Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story.” A rep for a local bookstore that sponsored the event told the outlet that Noor canceled due to a “family emergency.”
The Post reported Wednesday that the feds have obtained DNA samples in an effort to prove that Omar — and possibly other members of her family — defrauded immigration authorities.
One source said the DNA evidence was critical to proving an allegation that Omar married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in 2009 to help him get a green card — which never came to fruition.
Two additional sources have indicated that the evidence gathered from Omar’s home, as well as that provided by whistleblowers and government records, has provided a solid basis to bring charges of conspiracy to commit immigration fraud before a grand jury.
The immigration investigation into Omar is being run by the Minnesota US Attorney’s Office. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is overseeing a separate probe into Omar and Mynett’s finances.
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