Ilhan Omar’s shady castle starts to crumble
Democrats who defended the Mar-a-Lago search now condemn a court-authorized probe of one of their own

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., takes questions during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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By
Robert Knight - Sunday, October 18, 2026
OPINION:
The Justice Department finally got around to gathering evidence of possible immigration skullduggery involving Rep.
Ilhan Omar,
Minnesota Democrat and Somali immigrant — and maybe much more.
In a predawn Oct. 12 raid, Homeland Security Investigations agents removed boxes of documents from Ms. Omar’s Washington home after obtaining a warrant from a federal judge, a Democrat. This sounds familiar, without the leg irons. More on that later.
We were initially told that this raid was not about Ms. Omar allegedly marrying her brother in 2009 so he could legally enter the U.S. from Britain. Or the tangle of scandals around the massive welfare fraud in Ms. Omar’s Minneapolis district, which has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Washington Times Front Page
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Nor was it about Ms. Omar’s amended financial disclosure form in April showing a joint income with her current husband, Tim Mynett, of $18,000 to $95,000. This was a drop from the 2025 disclosure of their worth, which was $6 million to $30 million, The
Minnesota Star Tribune reported. A House committee is investigating the discrepancy. Ms. Omar’s staff has blamed it on “an accounting error,” saying “the Congresswoman is not a millionaire.”
Investigators are also reviewing Ms. Omar’s immigration status and family identification when she was brought here as a 12-year-old in 1995 by her legally recognized father, Nur Omar Mohamed. He served as a colonel in the Somali National Army under Marxist dictator Siad Barre.
Questions remain about when Nur Omar Mohamed was naturalized and whether Ms. Omar changed dates on official forms, which would constitute fraud.
Anyway, the outrage and collective amnesia over the document seizures in Washington were predictable. “Stunning raid on
Ilhan Omar’s home smacks of intimidation, experts say,” was the headline on “The Fix” column by Amber Phillips in The Washington Post on Wednesday. The “experts” in the piece are shocked — shocked — that anyone would engage in politically motivated investigations, especially so soon before an election.