Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) cruised to re-election Tuesday night time, even as the Trump administration is constructing an immigration fraud case aimed at stripping her of citizenship and kicking her out of the nation.

Omar was elected to a fifth House time period over veteran state trooper John Nagel, main 76.5% to 16% with practically all the ballots in.

Nagel had defeated three other candidates in the August Republican major and vowed to companion with regulation enforcement in cracking down on profit fraud schemes in the district that have made nationwide headlines.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., waits for the arrival of Britain’s King Charles III at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

The fraud scandal touched Omar, with one of her ex-campaign staffers, Guhaad Hashi Said, among the defendants who pleaded responsible to laundering {dollars} from taxpayer applications meant to feed needy children.

“I think the people of Minnesota have been lied to. They’ve had their money stolen. They want to see somebody that’s going to come in and fix things,” Nagel informed Fox News following his major win. “They’re tired of being told the same old things.”

While her re-election was a near-certainty, Omar has been battling accusations that she misrepresented details about her household’s immigration historical past to get hold of citizenship for herself — and for a man she married in 2009 suspected of being her brother.

Since 2016, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have been wanting into allegations that Omar legally wed one of her siblings to attempt to get him a marriage-based inexperienced card. The congresswoman has repeatedly denied the claim, calling it a racist conspiracy principle.

Omar has denied rumors that her ex-husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (pictured) is her brother. University of Bristol

While married to her doable relative, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, Omar filed joint tax returns for 2014 and 2015 with a man, Ahmed Hirsi, with whom she entered an Islamic marriage in 2002, but later claimed to have separated from in 2011.

Other social media posts, marriage information and statements by Omar and Elmi have further sophisticated their relationship — including Instagram and Facebook images first reported by the conservative weblog Powerline a decade in the past that apparently present the pair with their other siblings.

In a latest DC court docket submitting, federal prosecutors referred to Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” which sources informed The Post is the congresswoman’s “real” identify.

Homeland Security Investigations brokers depart the dwelling of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar in Washington on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, following a court-ordered probe. Andrew Thomas/CNP for NY Post

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) brokers executed a search warrant on Omar’s Washington, DC, bungalow on Oct. 12, taking the uncommon step of letting a covert probe into a political determine become public fewer than 30 days before her election.

“I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement,” Omar responded to the raid on X. “For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.”

“I will not be silenced,” the congresswoman added.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) listens during a Congressional highlight listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 22, 2026. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Sources said that the investigation — led by the Minnesota US Attorney’s Office — is targeted on allegations of green-card fraud as nicely as claims that either Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, or Omar herself lied about her birthdate to attain citizenship in 2000.

If Omar lied on immigration paperwork about her birthdate at any level in the previous decade, Omar could face prosecution and, in the end, deportation.

The feds’ probe has also broadened to also look into allegations that Omar lied on House monetary disclosures after she and her political guide husband, Tim Mynett, downgraded their web value from tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to just six figures between 2024 and 2025.