Rep. Ilhan Omar declined to provide details Tuesday about the federal investigations involving her, saying she did not know what the probes concerned. She also refused to respond to questions about whether her former husband and alleged brother is gay.
A Fox News Digital reporter approached the Minnesota Democrat on Capitol Hill and asked about the investigations, as well as the personal items federal agents seized during an October search of her Washington, DC, home.
“We’re just wondering if the government is giving you your devices back, after you tried?” the reporter asked Omar.
“I’ve gotten most of it back,” the congresswoman replied.
When asked whether the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice were pursuing separate investigations, Omar appeared uncertain.
“I’m not sure,” she said. “You probably have more details on that.”
In a separate exchange, the reporter asked whether federal officials had informed Omar what prompted the investigation.
“No, no,” Omar replied, according to Fox News Digital.
The reporter also questioned her about The Post’s earlier coverage of her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who referred to himself as a “gay man” and a “gay person” in an academic paper published earlier this year.
Omar did not answer and continued walking.
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Elmi, a doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol, described himself in an August 2026 paper as “a gay man of the East African diaspora.” The paper was titled “Out in the Field: Notes on Researching Queer Violence in Kenya.”
Omar’s marriage to Elmi has been scrutinized for years. Critics have alleged that the pair were secretly siblings and that the marriage was arranged to help him secure immigration benefits—claims Omar has denied.
Federal authorities examined those allegations in 2016, but the investigation reportedly stalled after prosecutors concluded that any potential criminal violations fell outside the five-year statute of limitations.
The renewed attention comes as Omar faces several federal investigations.
Homeland Security Investigations agents searched her Washington residence on Oct. 12 as part of a criminal inquiry into whether Omar or members of her family gave false information on immigration documents when they entered the US as refugees in the 1990s or during her naturalization process.
During the search, agents seized electronic devices, Omar’s passport and other materials. Investigators also reportedly collected a DNA sample and issued more than a dozen subpoenas, including subpoenas directed to family members.
Omar came to the US as a refugee in 1995 and became a citizen in 2000. She has called the investigations politically motivated and denied any wrongdoing.
After the October search, she criticized the administration in a post on X.
“I’m OK. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” she wrote. “For 10 years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and a smear campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.”
