{"id":2686621,"date":"2026-10-17T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-front-opens-up-in-ilhan-omar-nightmare-bombshell-video-catches-reported-insiders-admitting-somalis-are-paying-for-harvesting-omar-votes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:48:01","slug":"new-front-opens-up-in-ilhan-omar-nightmare-bombshell-video-catches-reported-insiders-admitting-somalis-are-paying-for-harvesting-omar-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-front-opens-up-in-ilhan-omar-nightmare-bombshell-video-catches-reported-insiders-admitting-somalis-are-paying-for-harvesting-omar-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Front Opens Up in Ilhan Omar Nightmare: Bombshell Video Catches Reported Insiders Admitting Somalis Are Paying For, Harvesting Omar Votes"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fnew-front-opens-up-in-ilhan-omar-nightmare-bombshell-video-catches-reported-insiders-admitting-somalis-are-paying-for-harvesting-omar-votes%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=2686621&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><\/p>\n<p>Amid the controversy currently surrounding Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s immigration status, attention is also being paid to an older controversy from 2020 regarding her 2020 Democratic primary battle.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly two years into the Democratic lawmaker\u2019s congressional career, she was challenged by attorney and mediator Antone Melton-Meaux, a well-funded opponent. But according to an investigation, there was a problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectveritas.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-connected-cash-for-ballots-voter-fraud-scheme-corrupts-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Veritas<\/a>, then run by James O\u2019Keefe \u2014 currently head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-okeefe-threatened-arrest-getting-hidden-camera-footage-maui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O\u2019Keefe Media Group<\/a> \u2014 alleged in September 2020 that a cash-for-ballots and ballot harvesting operation was being carried out in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, insiders like Omar Jamal of the \u201cSomali Watchdog Group\u201d alleged to Project Veritas at the time that it was an \u201copen secret\u201d that Omar\u2019s staffers were openly participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/state-political-figure-admits-stuffing-ballots-democrats-board-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potentially illegal operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZWK56l2VaLY?si=UzI3pG75m2rqSjgh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an open secret,\u201d Jamal said. \u201cShe [Omar] will do anything that she can do to get elected and she has hundreds of people on the streets doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he was trying to expose her, he said he wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-s-10-step-plan-shatter-deep-state-will-give-chills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eliminate corruption<\/a> because it was weakening his community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf American people don\u2019t pay attention to what\u2019s happening, the country will collapse,\u201d he said. \u201cThe regulations, if you ignore that and you let corruption and fraud become a daily business and then tough luck, the country will not exist as they [Americans] know it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned at the time that it may have already been impossible to shut down the alleged fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m afraid it\u2019s already too big to stop, you know, maybe it\u2019s too late,\u201d he said. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s already too big to stop. There\u2019s a lot of people invested in this, you know, and they don\u2019t care how they did it: \u2018We win,\u2019 and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MV7oDl8yDZk?si=r1SK9VS2tQd1oui9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The investigation from Project Veritas included undercover video footage showing \u201ca man buying a registration form for an absentee ballot for a voter, giving him \u2018pocket money\u2019 of $200, and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it,\u201d as reported by O\u2019Keefe.<\/p>\n<p>The video also contained an interview with Osman Ali Dahquane, another individual who alleged that he\u2019d been paid to participate in the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey spent a lot of money,\u201d he said. \u201cI was given money so I could vote\u2026 $800.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Project Veritas published the results of its investigation, liberal media outlets pounced, accusing the group of spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA deceptive video released on Sunday by the conservative activist James O\u2019Keefe\u2026 was probably part of a coordinated disinformation effort, according to researchers at Stanford University and the University of Washington,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/29\/us\/politics\/project-veritas-ilhan-omar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jamal backtracked on his allegations, suddenly telling a Minnesota-based Somali American TV channel that he\u2019d never met anyone who received cash in exchange for a vote, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sahanjournal.com\/digital-disinformation\/project-veritas-ballot-harvesting-omar-jamal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sahan Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of this happened years before a recent immigration investigation into Omar. 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