Omar Says She Does Not Know if Ex-Husband Was Related to Her

Rep. Ilhan Omar said she did not know whether her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was related to her, answering “Not to my knowledge” when asked about the longstanding allegation during a televised interview. Omar called the allegation insane and said it began with a Somali blog, but her answer did not establish whether the two were related. The interview with host Chris Hayes was Omar’s first since federal agents searched her Washington residence on October 12. Omar has denied marrying Elmi to commit immigration fraud. The allegation that they were siblings has circulated for years, but no public evidence in the reports establishes a biological relationship. Omar said agents removed 17 items from the home. She denied knowing that investigators took DNA-containing material, saying she would have noticed. Claims that investigators obtained DNA have appeared in reports, but no public laboratory results establish that they did or that Omar and Elmi are biologically related. The search was conducted under a judicially authorized warrant as part of an ongoing federal investigation into possible false statements in immigration documents, according to the Justice Department. The...