{"id":2686522,"date":"2026-10-17T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uh-oh-looks-like-feds-took-dna-from-ilhan-omar-and-family-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:01:27","slug":"uh-oh-looks-like-feds-took-dna-from-ilhan-omar-and-family-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uh-oh-looks-like-feds-took-dna-from-ilhan-omar-and-family-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh-Oh: Looks Like Feds Took DNA From Ilhan Omar and Family, Sources Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuh-oh-looks-like-feds-took-dna-from-ilhan-omar-and-family-sources-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2686522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>What are the people who are supporting Rep. Ilhan Omar going to say when she gets exposed as an immigration fraudster?<\/p>\n<p>And yes, that looks much more like a\u00a0when than an if as her situation develops.<\/p>\n<p>A report on Friday night said that a raid against her home on Monday allegedly went further than just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-speaks-ilhan-omar-raid-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">animus from a Republican administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it goes so deep that, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/feds-dumpster-dive-ilhan-omar-dna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsNation<\/a>, which broke the story, federal agents went through dumpsters to match DNA profiles in the Minnesota Democrat\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>The report, while not necessarily disclosing what was found, indicated not only was DNA collected and that a grand jury will be looking at evidence past the election, but that the case goes far beyond both of the key accusations against Omar: that she falsified her birthday on naturalization paperwork and continued to lie about it, and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dhs-secretary-markwayne-mullin-says-ilhan-omar-married-brother-somethings-going-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she married her brother<\/a> so that he could obtain U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple sources have confirmed to me that federal agents went dumpster diving to get DNA from Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and her family before the raid on her D.C. home earlier this week. \u00a0Our reporting suggests investigations go far beyond simple immigration fraud,\u201d NewsNation\u2019s Leland Vittert said on air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Multiple sources have confirmed to me that federal agents went dumpster diving to get DNA from Minnesota Congresswoman @IlhanMN and her family before the raid on her D.C. home earlier this week. Our reporting suggests investigations go far beyond simple immigration fraud.<\/p>\n<p>NewsNation sources say the likely coming indictments will be stunning in nature and far beyond anything the public has understood the case to be about.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leland Vittert (@LelandVittert) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LelandVittert\/status\/2111265822240841882?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If the report is to be believed, the feds\u2019 case against her goes much further than her changing her birthdate from 1981 to 1982 to get citizenship from her father in 2000 \u2014 something she wouldn\u2019t have been able to do as an adult:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Investigators historically have used secretive \u201cdumpster diving\u201d to obtain DNA when search warrants were not possible or would have tipped off investigatory targets. It is legally permissible for law enforcement to collect trash that has been discarded for pickup and comb through it for genetic material.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Multiple sources familiar with the probe tell NewsNation that potential DNA evidence is critical to the investigation into Omar. They say the case is broader than the public may assume based on longstanding accusations surrounding her immigration history or marital status.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The investigation encompasses family members of the congresswoman, with evidence expected to go before a grand jury, sources said. Relatives of the lawmaker have been named in some of the subpoenas issued by federal prosecutors, NewsNation has reported.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prosecutors seized evidence from Omar\u2019s home, along with her phone, during the Monday raid.<\/p>\n<p>There is an obvious subtext here, which Newsmax contributor Tony Shaffer and Will Chamberlain of the Article III Project noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It turns out @IlhanMN may not even be the daughter of the guy who she tied her<br \/> derivative citizenship to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Shaffer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\u2622\ufe0f (@tspooky) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tspooky\/status\/2111293597609775166?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If Ilhan\u2019s DNA was used to get search warrants then it proves one or more lies<\/p>\n<p>Which one(s)? I\u2019d bet it proves that she married her brother, but not merely that. HSI probably mapped the entire Omar family \u2013 or should I say, the Elmi family<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/2111306242543194316?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, as it turns out, authorities may not only be looking for whether Omar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-trump-admin-intends-deport-ilhan-omar-immigration-fraud-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deliberately altered her birthdate in records<\/a> to get citizenship as a minor in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>She would need to get it through her now-deceased father \u2014 who may not even be her father, if these DNA tests are of the import that sources seem to be claiming they are.<\/p>\n<p>Omar has long claimed that she lost all evidence of her birth when she left war-torn Somalia. Finding her lying about that is one thing, but finding out that she misrepresented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-doj-subpoenas-ilhan-omars-sister-family-evidence-fraudulent-immigration-paperwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who her family was<\/a> is another issue entirely.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s early in the Omar investigation, but stay tuned. 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