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JD Vance says 'something fishy' about Ilhan Omar's marriage | Daily Mail Online Home US Showbiz TV Sports US Politics Royals News Crime Desk Lifestyle Money U.K. Buyline Games My Profile Logout Login US Edition Privacy Policy Feedback Wednesday, May 20th 2026 7AM 70°F 10AM 77°F 5-Day Forecast Advertisement JD Vance says 'something fishy' about Ilhan Omar's marriage By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT Published: 09:10 EDT, 20 May 2026 | Updated: 09:10 EDT, 20 May 2026 e-mail --> --> --> Vice President JD Vance made a few curious remarks about Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her 'fishy' marriage as he revealed she's under federal investigation. Filling in for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during her maternity leave, Vance stood behind the White House briefing room podium to field questions from the media. Vance delivered updates as head of the White House's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud - including looking into a COVID-era scam involving Minnesota businesses. And he also seemingly confirmed that the Omar, a Minnesota Democrat , is the subject of a federal investigation. Omar has raised questions over her marriage, her finances and her potential links to Minnesota-based fraud schemes. 'Something Fishy Is There' The progressive has long been plagued by allegations that she married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 while she was legally married to Ahmed Hirsi. The Congresswoman has long denied the claims, calling them absurd and rooted in Islamophobia. It is unclear if the DOJ is investigating her past marriage to Elmi. 'I don't want to prejudge an investigation,' Vance said. 'I mean, you read the things about Ilhan Omar, and about who she married, and whether she didn't marry this person or that person.' 'It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody's entitled to equal justice under the laws. So, we're gonna investigate it. We're gonna take a look at it.' Previously Vance said that Omar 'definitely committed immigration fraud' while speaking with conservative commentator Benny Johnson in March. He appeared to walk back that claim, in part, by claiming that the DOJ will determine whether a crime was committed. 'If we think that there's a crime , we're gonna prosecute that crime, and that's something the Department of Justice is looking at right now,' he said on Tuesday. The Feeding Our Future Links Omar has also been linked to individuals prosecuted for a major fraud scheme in Minnesota regarding a COVID-era program that received $250 million from the federal government. Salim Ahmed Said, the owner of Safari Restaurant, which is where Omar held her 2018 campaign victory party, was convicted on 21 counts including wire fraud and money laundering in March 2025. He allegedly pocketed $5 million from the scheme funneling money through Feeding Our Future, a COVID-era food program, for his own enrichments rather than for child nutrition. 'She [Omar] has been at the center of a lot of the worst frauds

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