Trump reacts to Ilhan Omar awkwardly addressing rumors she didn’t marry her brother: ‘Tells you a lot’

Donald Trump said Ilhan Omar’s reply, “not to my knowledge”, when asked whether she had married her brother “tells you a lot”. Omar has denied the long-running allegation, calling it an “insane” claim spread by right-wing activists; the article reports no established evidence that her former husband was her brother.

The exchange came in Omar’s first major interview since federal agents searched her Washington home as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud. She said 15 to 25 agents arrived at about 6am while her family was asleep. Omar said the allegation began on a Somali blog and was later amplified by conservative activists; she married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, and they divorced in 2017.