Federal prosecutors plan to use DNA from Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home to prove immigration fraud, sources say, including a claim she married her brother.
People familiar with a years-long criminal probe told the New York Post that federal prosecutors intend to rely on DNA gathered at the Minnesota Democrat’s D.C. residence.
The Justice Department wants that evidence to show the Somalia-born congresswoman defrauded immigration authorities. The effort sits inside a sprawling investigation that has already pulled in ICE, a recent raid, and a fresh financial review.
Breitbart News reported the Post account this week as investigators treat the DNA as a central tool in the case.
Sources speaking to the New York Post described the plan directly:
"Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud, as part of the sprawling investigation into the congresswoman, sources told The Post."
One source said the DNA is critical to an old allegation about Omar’s 2009 wedding to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. The claim is that Elmi was her brother and that the marriage was meant to help him get a green card.
That green card never came through, the source said. The allegation has circulated for a decade. Prosecutors now want biological proof to test it.
People familiar with the probe framed the DNA work as part of a wider fraud review:
"People familiar with the years-long criminal probe said the feds have made use of whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate decade-old allegations that Omar, and possibly members of her family like her father, defrauded immigration authorities."
Readers following the DNA case know why the brother-marriage claim matters so much to investigators.
No charges have been announced. The reporting describes an active investigation, not a completed prosecution.
ICE agents had been looking into Omar for months before a raid last week, per reporting carried alongside the DNA account. In January, ICE agents also met with Scott Johnson of Powerline Blog.
Powerline was among the first outlets to publish the immigration-fraud allegations, including the claim that Omar married her brother to speed naturalized citizenship for him.
The same immigration fraud probe that produced last week’s raid now turns on whether DNA can lock down those older claims.
A source tied the science straight to the marriage allegation:
"One source said the DNA evidence was critical to proving an allegation that Omar married her brother when she wed Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 because she was trying to help him get a green card, which never came to fruition."
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office has opened a financial investigation into the congresswoman. That track runs alongside the immigration work.
The Biden administration previously examined Omar’s finances after reports of a multimillion-dollar net worth. The current review keeps money and immigration questions in the same frame.
Coverage of last week’s raid already showed how far agents are willing to go inside this inquiry.
Whistleblowers and government records built the foundation. DNA is the new piece prosecutors hope will turn long-running claims into proof.
Absolute dates for the DNA collection, the precise legal method used at the D.C. residence, and any charging decisions remain unreported in the available accounts. The core claim is still attribution to sources familiar with the probe.
Lawful immigration depends on honest filings and real family relationships. When a sitting member of Congress faces allegations this serious, the public has every right to expect a full and fair airing of the evidence.
Separate reporting has kept focus on the Omar fraud case and what a proven scheme would mean for public trust.
Federal agents collected the DNA at her Washington residence. Prosecutors say they plan to use it. The decade-old marriage claim is now a lab question as much as a political one.
Immigration rules only hold if they bind the powerful the same way they bind everyone else.