Prosecutors reportedly consider DNA in Omar investigation

Federal prosecutors are reportedly considering DNA evidence in an investigation of allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi was intended to help him obtain a green card. The Justice Department has not confirmed that investigators obtained DNA or plan to use it, and no charges have been filed, according to the reports. The DNA account comes from people familiar with the probe, who told the New York Post that the evidence could help test the allegation that Elmi was Omar’s brother. Omar has denied the allegation since 2016. The reported claim remains unproven, and the department has not publicly detailed the evidence investigators are examining. Federal agents searched Omar’s Washington home on October 12 and seized property, according to the reports. One account said agents removed boxes marked “Seized Property Evidence”; another reported that her phone was seized. The accounts do not establish whether any DNA was collected before or during the search. A source cited in the reporting disputed earlier claims that investigators collected samples by searching rubbish. Omar’s lawyers have demanded the return of property taken in the search and accused...