UMVA has learned that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has vehemently denied Vice President JD Vance’s explosive claim that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating her for alleged fraud and immigration violations, dismissing the remarks as a baseless, politically motivated attack.
Omar’s forceful denial came in response to Vance’s stunning assertion that the DOJ is probing allegations involving her immigration history and financial disclosures, including long-standing accusations that she married a man claimed to be her brother as part of a scheme to obtain U.S. citizenship. Omar called Vance’s claims “delusional” and his comments “stupid.”
According to information obtained by UMVA, the controversy surrounding Omar intensified after her amended financial disclosure forms revealed a drastic reduction in her net worth, from a range of $6 million to $30 million down to $18,004 to $95,000. This sudden drop drew scathing criticism from the GOP House Oversight Committee, which had earlier requested business records from her husband Tim Mynett’s company.
Omar rejected suggestions that House Republicans are formally investigating her finances, accusing them of promoting these allegations to get media attention. “There’s nobody looking into anything,” she said. “They’re just saying those things to get interviews with you guys. There’s nothing really happening.”
When asked about House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s public concerns over her finances, Omar dismissed them as mere posturing for TV interviews. “Comer hasn’t investigated anything,” she said. “He hasn’t done anything. He hasn’t referred me to anybody. He’s just saying that so he can get TV interviews because you guys will only talk to them if they say something about me.”
Omar expressed confidence that any potential DOJ investigation would yield nothing. “They’re absolutely not going to find anything,” she said, adding that she has not been informed of any formal investigation being pursued against her. “No,” she said when asked if she was made aware of any investigation. “Because there’s nothing to investigate.”
Claims surrounding Omar’s past marriage and alleged immigration violations have remained central to ongoing attacks against her. Omar’s family was granted asylum after arriving in the U.S. from Somalia in 1995, and she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000. She entered into a religious marriage with Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi in 2002, and later married a British citizen named Ahmed Elmi in 2009.
Omar and Elmi legally divorced in 2017, but had been separated since 2011. In 2020, she married Mynett. Any potential investigation would likely scrutinize both the fraud allegations stemming from her financial filings and claimed immigration violations related to her earlier marriages and U.S. citizenship.
