In the matter of Minnesota Fifth District Rep. Ilhan Omar, my purpose in this series has been to dig into the state campaign finance board investigative file made available to the media over two weeks ago, to embarrass the Star Tribune into covering it, and to attract the interest of others outside Minnesota into what appears to be a big story.
Today the Star Tribune finally gets around to the story in "New documents revisit questions about Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage history" or "Omar's past haunts her present", by Patrick Coolican and Stephen Montemayor with the assistance of Eric Roper and Torey Van Oot.
We learned as a result of the campaign finance board investigation that Omar filed fraudulent tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with a man who was not her husband while she was married to another man, if that marriage was legal.
Omar seems to have treated the marriage to Elmi as a sham.
Over what period of years did Omar file fraudulent returns? What is the story of her apparently phony marriage to Elmi?
Sent a list of questions and a request to talk to her siblings and father, Omar declined to do so.
David Steinberg is an investigative reporter who has badly beaten the Star Tribune in the traditional work of journalism, though you would never know it from the Star Tribune story and the story hasn't come close to catching up with the depth of Steinberg's reporting.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/from-the-mixed-up-files-of-rep-ilhan-omar-12.php
Today the Star Tribune finally gets around to the story in "New documents revisit questions about Rep. Ilhan Omar's marriage history" or "Omar's past haunts her present", by Patrick Coolican and Stephen Montemayor with the assistance of Eric Roper and Torey Van Oot.
We learned as a result of the campaign finance board investigation that Omar filed fraudulent tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with a man who was not her husband while she was married to another man, if that marriage was legal.
Omar seems to have treated the marriage to Elmi as a sham.
Over what period of years did Omar file fraudulent returns? What is the story of her apparently phony marriage to Elmi?
Sent a list of questions and a request to talk to her siblings and father, Omar declined to do so.
David Steinberg is an investigative reporter who has badly beaten the Star Tribune in the traditional work of journalism, though you would never know it from the Star Tribune story and the story hasn't come close to catching up with the depth of Steinberg's reporting.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/06/from-the-mixed-up-files-of-rep-ilhan-omar-12.php
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