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What Rep. Ilhan Omar Likely Knew of the $1 Billion Welfare Fraud in Minnesota

The massive $1 billion in welfare fraud in Minnesota is causing many to ask what Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar knew and when she knew it about the fraud committed right under her nose by the Somali community in Minnesota.

Reports say that Omar has many close ties to organizations, businesses, and individuals named in the various cases that have uncovered massive fraud of Minnesota’s overly generous welfare schemes, cases that total up to more than a billion dollars in stolen taxpayer money.

For example, Omar has held events and parties at the Minneapolis eatery named Safari Restaurant, an establishment that has been named in some of the investigations looking into the fraud. The owners of this restaurant, Salim Said and Aimee Bock, have already been convicted in the Feeding Our Future case that defrauded $250 million from the state in child food aid.

Omar was reportedly very close to these business owners. The congresswoman held her 2018 congressional victory party at the restaurant with the full participation of its owners and introduced the bill that led to the fraud that enriched them, yet Omar has claimed to know nothing about any of it, Chadwick Moore reported for the New York Post.

Said was found guilty in August of ripping off the state for $12 million in funds that were supposed to be earmarked to feed needy children. The money was stolen from the 2020 MEALS Act, which Omar introduced and saw passed with bipartisan support.

Indeed, Omar was seen on a video recorded in that very restaurant as she touted the program.

That isn’t all. One of Omar’s own campaign officials has also pleaded guilty in one of these cases.

Omar campaign official Guhaad Hashi Said, who is also a Democrat activist, pleaded guilty to running a fake food aid organization called Advance Youth Athletic Development. He claimed to have helped feed 5,000 children with the organization and pulled in $3.2 million in fraudulently awarded funding.

Said worked for Omar from 2018 to 2020 and one of his duties was to turn out the vote in the Somali community. He was a constant presence around Omar throughout that time.

Omar also received donations from several of those involved in these cases. In 2022, she returned $7,400 in direct donations from these convicted fraudsters.

Yet, she maintains she knew nothing, saw nothing, and had no part in the fraud.

Indeed, Omar recently sponsored an op ed in the New York Times published under her name and insisting that Trump’s focus on the massive theft of tax dollars by Minnesota’s Somali community is just “bigotry.”

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Ilhan Omar Claims Trump Demonizing Ethnic Group — Warns Danger of Violence from His Followers

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said President Donald Trump’s comments about Somalians were creating a dangerous situation because his followers have “exhibited violence.”

Today at the White House, Trump said, “These Somalians have taken billions of dollars out of our country. They’ve taken billions and billions of dollars. They have a representative, Ilhan Omar, who they say married her brother. She should be thrown the hell out of our country. And most of those people, they have destroyed Minnesota.”

Host Jake Tapper said, “What is the practical impact when a President of the United States demonizes an entire group of people based on ethnicity? And again, you can point to any ethnic group and find dozens of people in that ethnic group who are committing a particular crime. The Mafia comes to mind, right? But no one you don’t hear people saying that about Italians. They did 100 years ago, but they don’t do it today. What is the practical effect on the Somali community when the president says things like that?”

Omar said, “I mean, it creates fear. And there is a possible danger that a lot of the people who follow the president have exhibited violence in many cases, especially in my case, whenever he has said something about me that is derogatory or says I’m a threat to the country, I have gotten death threats. There are so many people that have been incarcerated over the years that have been encouraged by the president’s words. And so there is fear for Somalis, not just in Minnesota, but across the country, that some of these people might attack and harm them.”

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Report: Ilhan Omar ‘in Collection Proceedings’ for Her Student Loans, Is Seeking to ‘Bully’ Her Way Out of Payments

For most Americans, a U.S. lawmaker with onerous student loan debt pushing for debt forgiveness would be viewed as a conflict of interest.

For at least one U.S. representative, it’s apparently a non-issue — and the American Accountability Foundation is livid about it.

According to the Daily Wire, Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been accused by the watchdog group over a number of issues.

In a scathing letter sent to House Speaker Mike Johnson, American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones outed Omar’s dubious finances — and “bully” reputation.

“We are writing today to share serious concerns about abuse of office and abuse of government loans by a member of the House of Representatives, Representative Ilhan Omar,” Jones said.

According to Jones, Omar is actually in collection proceedings on her federally guaranteed student loans.

Citing her financial disclosures, Jones called out the fact that Omar “currently has between $15,001 and $50,000 in outstanding loans.”

Jones noted, “As you know, these loans are guaranteed by the United States Government and Representative Omar’s default would shift the cost of her student loans onto the U.S. taxpayer.”

“The fact that someone making $174,000 as a Member of Congress cannot pay their student loans is unconscionable and embarrassing.”

Jones wasn’t done, however, as he had more issues with Omar than just the poor stewardship of her money.

“Adding insult to injury, there are credible claims that she is using her influence as a Member of Congress to bully the Department of Education into not collecting the past-due payments,” Jones wrote. “We have promulgated a Freedom of Information Act request for correspondence from Representative Omar to fully understand the scale of her abuse of office.”

To ensure that the Treasury Department will not be on the hook for Omar’s defaulted student loans, Jones demanded a drastic move from Mike Johnson.

“We are calling upon you to instruct the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to impound Representative Omar’s Congressional salary and pay it out to Nelnet, the servicer of her federal student loan, until such time as her payments are current.”

The Daily Wire posted the whole letter online, which can be read here.

Social media naturally had a field day with this news, especially those who are fed up with Omar’s far-left rhetoric.

But the discourse over Omar’s finances did not originate with this inquiry.

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Ilhan Omar DONOR Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Join ISIS

A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty this week to attempting to join ISIS not only praised terrorist attacks and twice tried to travel overseas to fight for the group—he also donated to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s political campaign, my investigation has confirmed. 

The revelation ties a convicted supporter of one of the world’s most violent terror organizations directly to the fundraising network of a sitting member of Congress.

On October 1, 2025, federal prosecutors announced that Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minnesota, pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. 

Hassan had long promoted jihad online, calling for the overthrow of the Somali government and the establishment of an Islamic caliphate. 

According to court filings, his social media accounts contained ISIS propaganda, black ISIS flag logos, and praise for mass-casualty attacks, including the January 1, 2025, New Orleans attack that killed 14 people. 

Hassan referred to the killer as “the legend that killed Americans.”

Federal agents documented that in December 2024, Hassan made two separate attempts to travel one-way from Minnesota to Somalia to join ISIS fighters. 

On his first attempt, he was denied boarding due to a lack of travel documents. 

After acquiring a visa, he attempted to travel again but was intercepted by Customs and Border Protection in Chicago. 

Agents found his naturalization papers, diploma, and electronic devices loaded with ISIS propaganda, recruitment messages, and PDF manuals on building explosives, including C-4, urea nitrate, and HMTD.

The FBI further recovered messages where Hassan referred to an ISIS recruiter as “uncle” and “commander” and declared, “I will become ISIS straight away.” 

In one video posted online, he waved a homemade ISIS flag while driving in Minnesota; in another, he displayed a knife on his lap. 

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Nancy Pelosi 2.0? Ilhan Omar Gained MILLIONS In Power

Ilhan Omar has built a reputation as one of the most controversial members of Congress. 

But while her political career has grabbed headlines, the story of her husband, Tim Mynett, deserves far more attention. 

Since marrying Omar in 2020, Mynett has seen his career and wealth skyrocket in ways that look eerily familiar to the questionable financial gains of other powerful Democrats, most notably Nancy Pelosi’s husband.

Mynett first entered the spotlight as a political consultant with E Street Group. 

Federal Election Commission filings later revealed that Omar’s campaign had funneled nearly $600,000 to Mynett or his firm between 2018 and 2020. 

This arrangement raised obvious ethical concerns, but Washington dismissed them as if nothing unusual had happened. 

Months later, Omar and Mynett married. By then, his firm had already cashed in on lucrative contracts thanks to her campaign.

Fast-forward to today, and Mynett has reinvented himself as the founder of Rose Lake Capital, a private investment firm that has raised more than $100 million over the years. 

According to his own biography, he has built relationships in some of the most “innovative political campaigns” of the past decade and claims to have brought “substantial change to the corridors of power.” 

In other words, Mynett has leveraged his political connections to accumulate influence and wealth. 

Conveniently, his most crucial tie happens to be his wife, one of the most polarizing lawmakers in America.

Meanwhile, Omar’s reported net worth has exploded. 

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President Trump Goes Scorched Earth on Ilhan Omar, Accuses Her of Committing Immigration Fraud by Marrying Her Brother

On Thursday evening, President Trump went scorched earth on Muslima Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar and accused her of potentially committing immigration fraud by marrying her own brother.

“Ilhan Omar’s Country of Somalia is plagued by a lack of central Government control, persistent Poverty, Hunger, Resurgent Terrorism, Piracy, decades of Civil War, Corruption, and pervasive Violence. 70% of the population lives in extreme Poverty, and widespread Food Insecurity. Somalia is consistently ranked among the World’s Most Corrupt Countries, including Bribery, Embezzlement, and a Dysfunctional Government. All of this, and Ilhan Omar tells us how to run America! P.S. Wasn’t she the one that married her brother in order to gain Citizenship??? What SCUM we have in our Country, telling us what to do, and how to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” President Trump said.

Earlier Thursday, President Trump responded to the Justice Department’s announcement it charged eight people with wire fraud for their roles in Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization program.

Here are the defendants:

  • Defendant Moktar Hassan Aden, age 30
  • Defendant Mustafa Dayib Ali, age 29
  • Defendant Khalid Ahmed Dayib, age 26
  • Defendant Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, age 27
  • Defendant Christopher Adesoji Falade, age 62
  • Defendant Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, age 32
  • Defendant Asad Ahmed Adow, age 26
  • Defendant Anwar Ahmed Adow, age 25

“Does Ilhan Omar know these people? Are they from her wonderfully managed Home Country of Somalia?” Trump said on Truth Social.

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Four Weak-Kneed Republicans Side with Democrats to Kill Effort to Censure Radical Ilhan Omar

The swamp strikes again.

On Wednesday, Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) effort to censure radical Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for her vile celebration of the political assassination of Charlie Kirk was derailed, not by Democrats alone, but by four spineless Republicans who chose to stand with the Left.

Rep. Mace had announced earlier this week that she would move forward with a resolution to strip Omar of her committee assignments.

During an interview with former MSNBC propagandist and Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan, Omar mocked Kirk, saying he got precisely what he deserved for simply expressing politically incorrect views. She also accused others of lying for saying Kirk wanted civil discourse.

OMAR: I do know for sure is that Charlie was someone who once said, “Guns save lives” after a school shooting. Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay George Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

HASAN: He (Kirk) called him (Floyd) a scumbag.

OMAR: Right. (He) downplayed slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist. Um, and I think there are a lot of people out there saying he just wanted to have a civil debate.

HASAN (chuckling): A complete rewriting of history.

OMAR: Right. There’s nothing more f’ed up than to completely pretend his words and actions have not been recorded (giggling) and in existence for the last decade or so.

Rep. Mace announced on X late Monday that she was filing a House resolution to strip the Somalia-born socialist of every single one of her committee assignments.

“Ilhan Omar should be censured and stripped of every committee seat. Mocking an assassination and glorifying political violence has no place in Congress. We’ll be leading floor debate tonight at 6:15.”

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House Resolution Will Be Filed Today to REMOVE Radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar from ALL Committee Assignments After She Mocks Charlie Kirk’s Cold-Blooded Murder

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) announced on X late Monday morning that a House resolution will be filed today to strip radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) of all her committee assignments.

This is due to Omar’s vile, unhinged celebration of the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder, murdered in a brazen political hit last week.

Omar, the Somalia-born socialist who has long peddled anti-Semitic tropes and defended terrorist sympathizers, gloated and grinned throughout an interview with a disgraced former corporate media hack following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

During an interview with former MSNBC propagandist and Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan, Omar mocked Kirk, saying he got precisely what he deserved for simply expressing politically incorrect views. She also accused others of lying for saying Kirk wanted civil discourse.

OMAR: I do know for sure is that Charlie was someone who once said, “Guns save lives” after a school shooting. Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay George Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

HASAN: He (Kirk) called him (Floyd) a scumbag.

OMAR: Right. (He) downplayed slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist. Um, and I think there are a lot of people out there saying he just wanted to have a civil debate.

HASAN (chuckling): A complete rewriting of history.

OMAR: Right. There’s nothing more f’ed up than to completely pretend his words and actions have not been recorded (giggling) and in existence for the last decade or so.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Suggests Trump’s America is Worse Than Somalia: ‘I Don’t Remember Ever Witnessing Anything Like That’ – Omar Fled Somalia in a Plane When Their Compound Was Attacked by 20 Men

Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar has insisted that her home country of Somalia were not as bad America is under President Trump.

The Minnesota Congresswoman made the comments during an appearance this weekend on the YouTube channel Democracy Now!, where she complained about the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportations and restoring law and order to cities like Washington D.C. and Chicago.

She explained:

Armed men who are in plainclothes that are snatching people off the streets, unwilling to identify themselves. You have the military being deployed in our streets. My God, this is America. You have states’ rights being disregarded. You know, the constitutional crisis that’s being created in front of our eyes.

And the same week where we have a president who has deployed the military, who are trained to kill our enemies, not Americans, but our enemies, are in our streets. It’s the same week that we are going to have a military parade. Can you imagine that image that is going to be coming out of our country?

I mean, I grew up in a dictatorship. And I don’t even remember ever witnessing anything like that. To have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world, to now be turned into one of the worst countries where the military are in our streets without any regard for people’s constitutional rights.

While our president is spending millions of dollars prompting himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade. It is really shocking and it should be a wake-up call for all Americans to say this is not the country we were born in, this is not the country we believe in, this is not the country our founding fathers imagined, and this is not the country that is supported by our constitution, our ideals, our values.

We should all collectively be out in the streets rejecting what is taking place this week.

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Ilhan Omar, Mehdi Hasan lie about Charlie Kirk’s message favoring ‘civil debate,’ call it ‘rewriting of history’

Left-wing pundit Mehdi Hasan spoke to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on his podcast, with the two saying that it is a “rewriting of history” to say that Charlie Kirk’s legacy focused on having a “civil debate.” Kirk was literally assassinated as he was debating college students at Utah Valley University.

The two were speaking on a podcast when Omar said, “Charlie was someone who was willing to debate and downplay the death of George Floyd in the hands of Minneapolis Police.”

Hasan interjected, “I think you called him a scumbag,” to which Omar agreed.

“Right, have no regard. Downplay slavery and what black people have gone through in this country by saying Juneteenth should never exist. And I think you know that there are a lot of people who are out there talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate,” Omar added.

Hasan again interjected, and said that the way Kirk was being remembered, for encouraging civil debate, was a “complete rewriting of history.”

Omar agreed and said that it was “effed up” to “completely pretend that you know his words and actions have not been recorded, and in existence for the last decade.”

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