ILHAN OMAR
The controversial State Representative
Ilhan Omar has a somewhat troubled past, and now that she is in the spotlight, some of it is coming back to haunt her. According to numerous reports, Omar has been arrested and has faced various accusations of corruption during her short time in politics.
An Altercation With Police
A police report uncovered by Christine Bauman of
Alpha News last year showed that Omar was arrested in 2013. The congresswoman was arrested for causing a disturbance near the Minneapolis Convention Center when former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed gave a speech there.
The Somali president was scheduled to stay at the nearby Hotel Ivy, and Omar was among a large group of Somali protesters who stormed the hotel after the event. When asked to disperse, many of the protesters left, but Omar caused a scene and made a stand against the officers who were attempting to clear the area.
The controversial State Representative Ilhan Omar has a somewhat troubled past, and now that she is in the spotlight, some of it is coming back to haunt her. According to numerous reports, Omar has been arrested and has faced various accusations of corruption during her short time in politics.
An Altercation With Police
A police report uncovered by Christine Bauman of Alpha News last year showed that Omar was arrested in 2013. The congresswoman was arrested for causing a disturbance near the Minneapolis Convention Center when former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed gave a speech there.
The Somali president was scheduled to stay at the nearby Hotel Ivy, and Omar was among a large group of Somali protesters who stormed the hotel after the event. When asked to disperse, many of the protesters left, but Omar caused a scene and made a stand against the officers who were attempting to clear the area.
According to the police report, “As she stood her ground and refused to leave I took hold of her left elbow to escort her from the lobby. Omar then pulled away from me stating, ‘Don’t put your hands on me!’ Others in her group complied and began walking toward the front entry/exit door as I ordered and I managed to coax Omar out with them.”
Omar mugshot Photo Credit: Hennepin County
Omar can be seen smiling in her mugshot, and this is likely an arrest that she is proud of and would not try to hide, since protesting and activism is seen as a heroic act on the left. However, there are some much more serious legal troubles that she has had to face, even more recently than her outburst at the Hotel Ivy.
Campaign Finance Violations
Just last month, Omar was found guilty of six campaign finance violations and was ordered to pay back thousands of dollars.
When Omar and Elmi separated in 2011, the congresswoman claimed she couldn’t get in touch with him because he’d moved to the UK and she didn’t know where he was.
In divorce papers asking to dissolve their marriage by alternate means in 2017, Omar swore under penalty of perjury that she had no way of contacting Elmi and said his last known location was London in June 2011.
But lease and eviction records and traffic violations reviewed by The Post suggest Elmi was in the US the whole time — living just 2.6 miles away from her at an apartment in downtown Minneapolis.
Omar launched her re-election bid on Thursday after a turbulent term where she was criticized for
her anti-Semitic remarks, showed reluctance to sanction Turkish leader
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and was slapped with multiple campaign finance complaints after her alleged lover received more than
$370,000 from her campaign.