Trump Admin Investigating Omar For Allegedly Marrying Brother to Illegally Enter US
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said this week that the Department of Homeland Security is reviewing allegations that Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar may have committed immigration fraud by entering into a marriage with a relative.
President Donald Trump and several of his allies have long asserted that Omar’s first husband, Ahmed Elmi, is her brother and that the marriage, which began in 2009 and ended in divorce in 2017, was arranged to facilitate immigration benefits.
No DNA evidence or official documentation has substantiated those claims, and Omar has consistently denied them.
In an interview with Newsmax, Homan said he is examining whether Omar violated immigration laws and whether her legal status could be affected. Omar’s congressional biography states that she arrived in the United States with her family in the 1990s after fleeing civil war in Somalia.
“We’re pulling the records, we’re pulling the files,” Homan said Monday. “We’re looking at it … I’m running that down this week.”
Homan stated that the DHS is conducting a thorough review of visa fraud within the Somali community in Minnesota, following the department’s claim that 50% of visas issued in Minnesota may be fraudulent.
“President Trump has instructed us to go down, and we’re going to deep dive all of this, and we’re going to hold people accountable,” he noted.
Trump accused the Somali-born congresswoman of marrying her brother to commit immigration fraud during a new interview with Politico released Tuesday.
“I don’t want to see a woman that, you know, marries her brother to get in and then becomes a congressman, does nothing but complain,” Trump said in the interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, referring to Omar’s alleged 2009 marriage to Ahmed Elmi, who multiple reports and witnesses have claimed is her biological brother.
Trump made the remarks after Omar condemned recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis targeting illegal Somali nationals—a crackdown that followed revelations of a $1 billion welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota, portions of which federal investigators say were funneled to the Somali terror group al-Shabaab.
“All she does is complain, complain, complain, and yet her country is a mess,” Trump continued. “Let her go back, fix up her own country. So no, Somalia—and I was right about it.”
The president also accused Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of failing to address the crisis: “They have an incompetent governor there, too.”
Omar has previously called the allegations “baseless and absurd,” dismissing them as Islamophobic conspiracy theories.
But a 2019 Minneapolis Star-Tribune investigation found discrepancies in Omar’s marital and immigration records that she has never fully explained.
According to public records and Daily Mail reporting, Omar married Elmi in a civil ceremony in 2009 while still religiously married to her first husband, Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi. She claimed to have separated from Elmi in 2011, yet did not file for divorce until 2017.
During that time, she and Hirsi had a third child together. Omar later divorced Hirsi again in 2019 after reports surfaced of her affair with political consultant Tim Mynett, whom she later married.
In February 2020, the Daily Mail published explosive testimony from Abdihakim Osman, a Somali community leader in Minneapolis, who said Omar openly told friends that Elmi was her brother and that she “needed to get papers for him to stay in the United States.”
Osman told the outlet, “No one knew there had been a wedding until the media turned up the certificate years later.”
Osman described Elmi as “very feminine in the way he dressed,” saying the Somali community was shocked to learn he had married Omar. “When Ilhan married Elmi, no one even knew about it,” Osman said. “She kept it quiet because an imam would have refused to marry them if he knew they were related.”
Trump to Seek Millions In Damages From Fani Willis After Botched Prosecution
President Donald Trump is seeking nearly $6.3 million from Fulton County, Georgia, in connection with a dismissed case against him, which was pursued by District Attorney Fani Willis. In 2023, Willis indicted Trump under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, alleging that he acted illegally in his efforts to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The case was eventually dismissed, and in December 2024, the Georgia Court of Appeals stated that a lower court had erred in allowing Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who is also her romantic partner, to choose between stepping aside, according to the website Law and Crime.
The court ruled that the “significant appearance of impropriety” meant Willis and her office should be “wholly disqualified.” Willis appealed that decision but she lost in court.
This led to a motion seeking to recover $6.3 million in attorneys’ fees, referencing a Georgia law that stipulates that when a district attorney is dismissed, the defendant in the case “shall” be entitled to a payout.
The motion filed on Wednesday by attorney Steve Sadow, representing Trump, spans three pages and includes approximately 200 pages of attachments detailing the costs Trump seeks reimbursement for.
Arguing the law “mandates such recovery when a prosecuting attorney is disqualified due to improper conduct and the case is dismissed,” the motion said Willis launched a “politically motivated, lengthy investigation.”
“This dismissal paves the way for the award of reasonable attorney fees and litigation expenses,” the motion said.
“Each of the necessary elements have been met: DA Willis was disqualified based upon improper conduct, the criminal case was dismissed, and the criminal case was pending when the statute went into effect. This motion is timely filed,” the document added, noting as well that co-defendants in the case can also seek reimbursement.
“President Trump intends to adopt the motions for attorney fees and costs filed by his co-defendants,” a footnote said. “He will do so in a separate pleading after all such motions are filed.”
The statute states that when a prosecutor is “disqualified due to improper conduct on the part of such prosecuting attorney” and the case is summarily “dismissed by the court or a subsequent prosecutor tasked with prosecuting such case following such disqualification,” then “any defendant against whom such charges are dismissed shall be entitled to an award of all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the defendant in defending the case.”
In an interview with Law & Crime, Sadow said the case was “rightfully dismissed.”
“In accordance with Georgia law, President Trump has moved the Court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in his defense of the politically motivated, and now rightfully dismissed case brought by disqualified Fani Willis,” he said.
Sadow acknowledged that this is a setback for taxpayers but noted that they are suffering due to Willis attempting to leverage her prosecution to advance her career.
“Of course, I feel for them. Unfortunately, for them as well, they made the choice for Fani Willis,” he said, according to WAGA-TV.
“Fani Willis brought this politically motivated, ill-fated case. She got disqualified; she lost. And the law says, now her office has to pay for her conduct,” he said.
Willis plans to intervene in the case regarding reimbursement, according to reports.
Willis last month mounted an aggressive defense of her failed prosecution of Trump and his allies, testifying for more than three hours before a Georgia Senate panel investigating her conduct in the high-profile election interference case.
The appearance before the Senate Special Committee on Investigations marked Willis’ first testimony under oath in the nearly two-year inquiry into her office’s handling of the Trump prosecution, her relationship with former special prosecutor Nathan Wade, and allegations of political coordination with the Biden administration.
“I know you are somewhat offended that I had the audacity to prosecute these folks that came into my county and committed crimes,” Willis told senators in a defiant tone. “But this wasn’t special to me. This was another day of business.”
CHAOS On the Set! House Minority Leader Explodes At CNBC Host After He's Cornered Over Obamacare Subsidies
NEW YORK, NY — The polished veneer of the Democrat healthcare narrative shattered on national television this week as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries suffered a visible and vocal meltdown on CNBC’s "Squawk Box." In a segment that has quickly gone viral across the 2026 digital landscape, host Becky Quick executed a clinical cross-examination of the Democrat strategy to ransom the U.S. government over the sunsetting of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
The confrontation marked a pivotal moment in the post-government shutdown political theater, exposing what Speaker Mike Johnson has termed the "Politics of Fear." As Jeffries pivoted, deflected, and eventually erupted in anger, the cold hard reality of the 2026 healthcare crisis was laid bare: a system defined by 60% premium increases, a trillion-dollar price tag, and a Democrat leadership more interested in political leverage than bipartisan solutions.
I. THE CNBC CORNER: "LET’S NOT GO BACK TO THE PAST"
The tension began when Becky Quick pressed Jeffries on the necessity of a bipartisan approach to the looming expiration of taxpayer-provided ACA subsidies. These subsidies, which have artificially suppressed the soaring costs of Obamacare premiums, were strategically set to sunset on December 1, 2025, by the Biden-led Congress—a move critics say was designed to create a "cliff" that would force a Republican-led House into a spending trap.
1. The "Hang Themselves" Accusation
The debate reached a boiling point when Quick directly challenged Jeffries’ motivations for refusing to negotiate on a sustainable, bipartisan reform.
“I don’t think you want to get a deal done,” Quick said, looking directly at a stunned Jeffries. “I think this is something where you’d like to see the rates go higher and allow Republicans to hang themselves with it.”
The assertion struck a nerve. Jeffries, visibly frustrated, abandoned his usual measured tone. “That is a ridiculous assertion! Shame on you!” he shot back, his voice rising as the set descended into chaos. For the American public, the explosion was a tell—a sign that the host had accurately identified the Democrat "Lawfare" strategy being applied to the healthcare sector.
II. THE 60 PERCENT REALITY: OBAMACARE’S FAILED PROMISE
While Jeffries focused on rhetoric, Speaker Mike Johnson utilized his weekly press conference to provide the devastating statistics that have defined the ACA in 2026. The "Affordable" Care Act has become anything but, with the GOP majority revealing that by some estimates, premiums have risen an average of 60% since the program's inception.
1. Subsidies for Insurance Giants
Johnson argued that the "trillion dollars in new spending" demanded by Democrats to reopen the government was not going to patients, but was instead a direct transfer of wealth to insurance companies.
“The Democrats don’t reform Obamacare. They want to subsidize it,” Johnson explained. “That goes mostly to insurance companies, which makes the cost rise further. That’s the Democrats’ plan.”
By continuing to pump taxpayer billions into a broken system, the GOP argues that the radical left is merely inflating the bubble while masking the true, unsustainable cost of the healthcare mandates passed without a single Republican vote in 2010.
III. SAVING MEDICAID: THE AUDIT OF INELIGIBILITY
One of the most significant achievements of the 2026 Republican House has been the aggressive "cleanup" of the Medicaid system—a move Johnson cited as proof that the GOP is the party "fighting to save healthcare."
1. Removing Millions of Ineligible Enrollees
The Speaker revealed that the GOP has successfully moved millions of ineligible enrollees off the Medicaid rolls. This audit was not a cut to services, but a restoration of the program’s original intent.
“We got millions of ineligible enrollees off the program and it preserved it,” Johnson said. “It strengthened Medicaid for the people who rely upon it, which is the elderly, disabled, and young pregnant women.”
By eliminating the fraud, waste, and abuse that had bloated the system under the previous administration, the GOP has ensured that the safety net remains solvent for the most vulnerable Americans. The Democrat opposition to these common-sense audits, Johnson argued, is further evidence that they prioritize "raw numbers" over "quality care."
IV. THE POLITICS OF FEAR VS. THE MANDATE FOR REFORM
The recent government shutdown, which many in the media attempted to frame as a Republican failure, was re-categorized by Johnson as a "false claim" induced by Democrat intransigence. He asserted that the conflict was never truly about healthcare, but about the Radical Left’s fear of losing control over the taxpayer purse.
1. Ransom and Leverage
The December 1 sunset was a "timed bomb" left by the Biden administration. By refusing to work on a bipartisan fix throughout 2025, Jeffries and the House Democrats hoped to use the resulting premium spikes as a political weapon in the 2026 Midterms.
“No, [the shutdown] is not about healthcare,” Johnson declared. “This is about FEAR. Everyone in America understands that this is about something else.” That "something else" is the continued attempt to expand the "Deep State" bureaucracy into every facet of the American economy, using the health of the citizens as collateral.
V. THE 2026 RENAISSANCE: A NEW HEALTHCARE DOCTRINE
As the 2026 Renaissance continues to sweep through Washington, the Trump-aligned GOP is proposing a total shift away from the "subsidy-and-spend" model of the last 15 years. The new doctrine focuses on:
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Reducing Costs through Competition: Moving away from state-mandated monopolies.
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Increasing Access and Quality: Allowing for more diverse and affordable plan options.
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Eliminating Fraud: Continuing the aggressive audits started by Speaker Johnson.
The confrontation on CNBC served as a microcosm of the national debate. On one side, Hakeem Jeffries represents the "Old Guard" of the DNC—relying on explosions of anger and accusations of "shame" to deflect from the fiscal failure of their policies. On the other side, the GOP majority is presenting a "Victorious American" vision: a healthcare system that is sustainable, accountable, and actually affordable.
CONCLUSION: THE END OF THE HEALTHCARE GRIFT
Hakeem Jeffries’ explosion at Becky Quick was not just a moment of bad television; it was the sound of a narrative collapsing. For over a decade, Democrats have used the "Affordable Care Act" as a moral shield to justify trillions in spending. In 2026, with premiums up 60% and the GOP exposing the "insurance company payday," that shield has shattered.
Speaker Mike Johnson and the House GOP have called the Democrats' bluff. By reopening the government without surrendering to the trillion-dollar subsidy demand, they have forced the discussion back to actual reform and fiscal reality.
The era of "subsidizing the failure" is over. As we head toward the 2026 Midterms, the American people are seeing the difference between those who want to "hang" their opponents with higher rates and those who are doing the hard work of saving the safety net for the elderly and disabled. The chaos on the CNBC set was the beginning of the end for the Obamacare grift.
