Trump suggests Omar resign ‘immediately’ over ‘fake name’

President Trump called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to “IMMEDIATELY resign” and accused her of using a fake name in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening. 

“Please inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James Michael Johnson, that the Dumocrat Party has just conceded her seat,” Trump wrote. “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, her real name, has openly admitted to FRAUD, and she will not be legally allowed to be a Member of this August Body from this point forth.” 

In a Wednesday court filing a week after federal agents conducted a search warrant of Omar’s home in Washington, D.C., federal prosecutors referred to the Minnesota Democrat as “Congresswoman Ilhan Nur Said Elmi” without explanation. 

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., suggested Omar’s name could be part of a federal probe into the lawmaker, during an appearance on Fox News on Thursday.

“If you have citizenship in this country, your derivative citizenship, or your naturalization, your application, will turn on precise information, and you have an obligation to report that precise information,” she said.

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