“THAT’S NOT HER REAL NAME”
by Sharon Rondeau
(Oct. 22, 2026) — The early work of Scott Johnson at Powerline; David Steinberg, then of PJ Media; current Fox News contributor Miranda Devine; Preya Samdusar, then of Alpha News, and others appears to be vindicated in Fox’s reporting Thursday that the Minnesota congresswoman known as “Ilhan Omar” has been using a fake name, according to “two people familiar with the ongoing investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman, including a law enforcement source.”
The referenced article focuses on requests from the media, including the government watchdog Judicial Watch, for the search warrant carried out on “Omar’s” Washington, DC home on October 12 to be unsealed, which U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro addressed in a court filing.
The article begins:
Ilhan Omar is not the “real name” of the Minnesota congresswoman, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
Her real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, according to two people familiar with the ongoing investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman, including a law enforcement source.
And if proven in court that Omar has lived her “entire lives under an alias,” a former Minnesota federal immigration judge tells Fox News Digital that every single form she ever filled out could be “called into question.”
Pirro’s motion, which requests an “extension of time to respond to pending requests to access sealed search warrant records,” identifies the targeted location as “the personal residence in the District of Columbia of Congresswoman Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar…”
The full motion is here.
In explanation, the article continues:
“That’s not her real name,” one source said when asked why the motion used the “a/k/a Ilhan Adbullahi Omar” language.
Past Research Comes Full Circle
The day after the search of “Omar’s” home, Steinberg spoke with Glenn Beck about his research, which dates to 2016, and current developments in the case, observing, according to Beck’s summary, that “while some of the alleged conduct he documented may now fall outside the statute of limitations, investigators could be pursuing a much broader case.”
The show segment can be viewed here.
The Republic of Somaliland, a self-declared independent nation once part of Somalia, alleged earlier this year that the “Omar” family’s true last name is “Elmi.”
Displaying what appears to be a marriage license application and marriage certificate indicating “Ahmed Nur Said Elmi” and “Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” whose “marriage” took place on February 12, 2009, Somaliland claimed:
Her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and their father, Nur Said Elmi (also known as Nur Omar), used multiple names across different countries. Part of the family fled to the United Kingdom, while Ilhan Omar and others entered the United States under their father’s assumed name, “Omar.”
These name changes and split identities were used to conceal the father’s true war crimes and identity.
The Post & Email has verified the marriage entry in the Hennepin County, MN records.
On Monday, New York Post reported, citing “sources”:
People familiar with the years-long criminal probe said the feds have made use of whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate decade-old allegations that Omar — and possibly members of her family like her father — defrauded immigration authorities.
One source said the DNA evidence was critical to proving an allegation that Omar married her brother when she wed Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 because she was trying to help him get a green card — which never came to fruition.
In 2022, then-Minnesota citizen AJ Kern, having declared herself a contender in the 2022 DFL primary, challenged “Omar” and Don Samuels, who was born in Jamaica, to release proof of their naturalization records. Neither complied, and Kern sued, unsuccessfully, in Minnesota’s Fourth District Court.
That same year, Kern filed FOIA requests with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requesting the naturalization records of “Omar’s” father, whose name was reportedly Nur Omar Mohamed.
Almost exactly one year later, both agencies reported no naturalization records could be located for the named individual. Of significance was that “Omar” has consistently claimed she obtained U.S. citizenship through derivation when she was 17 from her father, who she claimed naturalized in the year 2000.
As Kern discovered and reported in a video posted on YouTube, “Omar” could not have been eligible for derivative citizenship in 2000 if she was over 17, according to U.S. law. Two days later, Kern reported, “Omar’s” congressional office asked the Minnesota House of Representatives Legislative Library, where Omar had served one term, to alter “Omar’s” stated birth year from “1981” to “1982.”
Without crediting Kern for the four-year-old discovery and her research, the mainstream media is now reporting on the discrepancy and speculating that the birth year could have been presented falsely “to secure US citizenship.”
In 2023 Kern filed a complaint with the FEC, alleging “Omar” could have been fundraising and occupying a congressional seat illegally if she is not a U.S. citizen.
The agency’s response to the complaint stated that “we have determined that it does not state any acts that appear to constitute a violation under our jurisdiction.”
Some in the media now appear to understand that “Omar” may never have become a U.S. citizen and, if accurate, commandeered a seat in the U.S. Congress in violation of Article I, Section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution.
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