Federal Agents Investigated Ilhan Omar’s Marriage During Obama’s Presidency

As Rep. Ilhan Omar faces a federal investigation into potentially fraudulent immigration paperwork and allegations that she married her brother to help him obtain a green card, The New York Times reported Thursday that federal investigators first examined the marriage under the Obama administration. But that investigation stalled primarily because prosecutors believed that the suspected offense fell outside the five-year statute of limitations.

According to The New York Times, which interviewed three current and former officials familiar with the present-day investigation and six with knowledge of the 2016 inquiry, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security began investigating Rep. Omar’s alleged sham marriage in the summer of 2016, during the Obama administration, and found some evidence suggesting it was fraudulent.

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