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Rep. Ilhan Omar told Fox News Digital that her “real name” is “Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” after a federal court filing identified the congresswoman by a last name matching that of her ex-husband, who reports say is her brother.
“Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, you know,” Omar told Fox News Digital when asked his name. “It’s Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
Omar was spotted by Fox News Digital at the Karmel Mall in Somalia, Minnesota as she headed to the Karmel Mosque inside the mall for Friday prayers.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told Fox News Digital that her real name is “Ilhan Abdullahi Omar” after a federal court filing identified the embattled congresswoman as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.” (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Her comments come after two people close to the ongoing investigation into the Somali-born lawmaker, including a law enforcement source, said her real name was Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. The last name is the same as that of her ex-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who is believed to be her brother.
Federal prosecutors referred to the Minnesota Democrat as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, aka Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” in a filing Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., as first reported by Fox News Digital. A source said the language used for his name in the filing reflected the evidence that has so far been compiled in the immigration fraud investigation.
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Representative Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, speaks to the media following a field hearing at the Minnesota Senate building in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., Friday, January 16, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A source disputed Omar’s account of his name, telling Fox News Digital: “That’s not his real name.”
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a motion Wednesday to prevent the federal search warrant for the congresswoman’s home from being unsealed, which has been requested by several media outlets. The motion says the federal government has not yet finished executing the search warrant and it should not yet be unsealed.
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“Before the Court are three requests to unseal documents and ex parte proceedings related to a federal search warrant for the personal residence in the District of Columbia of Congresswoman Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, aka Ilhan Abdullahi Omar…” the motion begins.
If it is proven in court that the congresswoman was not using her “real name,” all the forms she filled out could be investigated, a former federal immigration judge in Minnesota said.
Omar’s spokesperson has repeatedly denied the claim, telling Fox News Digital on Thursday that reports that his name was “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi” were “completely false” and then launched an attack on Fox News. The spokesperson also denied that Omar was married to her brother, calling the claims a “disgusting conspiracy theory.”
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Omar’s residence in Washington, D.C., was raided by Homeland Security Investigations earlier this month as part of an investigation into whether she or her father committed immigration fraud by becoming naturalized citizens. Federal authorities have since subpoenaed Omar’s family members and seized his cellphone.
Peter D’Abrosca and Kiera McDonald of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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