# Ilhan Omar dodges questions about probe into gay ‘brother’ ex-husband — claims she has no idea what it’s about

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ilhan-omar-dodges-questions-about-probe-into-gay-brother-ex-husband-claims-she-has-no-idea-what-its-about/
- Published: 2026-11-11T22:08:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T22:22:41+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/ilhan-omar-dodges-questions-about-probe-into-gay-brother-ex-husband-claims-she-has-no-idea-what-its-about/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Omar says she does not know what the federal probes concern.
- Agents searched her home in October and seized belongings.
- She declined questions about allegations concerning her former husband.

## Summary

Representative Ilhan Omar said she did not know what federal investigators were examining when questioned on Capitol Hill, and declined to respond to questions about her former husband. The inquiries matter because they include a criminal probe into immigration paperwork and a recent search of her Washington home; Omar says the investigations are politically motivated and denies wrongdoing.

Omar said she had received most of the belongings seized in the October search, but was unsure whether the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department were running separate investigations. Agents reportedly took electronic devices, her passport and other materials, obtained a DNA sample and issued more than a dozen subpoenas. The article also revisits longstanding allegations about her marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, which Omar has denied; a 2016 federal inquiry reportedly stalled over the statute of limitations.

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