The long-standing accusations against Ilhan Omar — if that is her real name — have resurfaced in light of the recent raid on her home. In brief, they are that 1) she, her father, and her sister entered the United States under false identities, 2) she lied about her birth year to obtain naturalization via said father and 3) she subsequently married her brother to facilitate further immigration fraud. The feds are also apparently interested in whether Omar’s father, a Soviet-trained regimental commander in the Somali army, concealed information about his military service when entering the U.S. It certainly appears that, in the very least, he served as a field commander in the Somali army........

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