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Earlier this year, the vice president of the United States made a stunning statement. In an interview with Fox News, JD Vance said that Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) “definitely” committed fraud when she applied for a visa to enter the U.S.
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday said the Justice Department is looking into whether Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., committed immigration fraud, citing longstanding allegations that she married a man critics claim is her brother.
Speaking to reporters, Vance was asked about the administration’s anti-fraud task force — established by President Donald Trump to combat fraud, waste, and abuse across federal benefit programs — and whether it would focus on Omar, a frequent Trump critic.
The comments followed a podcast interview in March, during which Vance informed conservative commentator Benny Johnson that he had discussed potential legal action against the congresswoman with White House immigration advisor Stephen Miller.
“We think Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,” Vance said at the time.
That was then. On Sunday, President Trump posted to his Truth Social platform a link to a Just the News story claiming that the Department of Homeland Security was not responding to the outlet’s requests for information regarding Omar due to “enforcement proceedings“:
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