Rep. Ilhan Omar’s deleted 2013 post naming her father as ‘Nur Said’ resurfaces as a possible critical piece in a federal probe

A deleted 2013 Father’s Day post by Rep. Ilhan Omar has returned to the spotlight and could be a critical piece in a federal investigation into her identity and immigration records.

In the post, Omar referred to her father as “Nur Said,” a name similar to that of her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. Omar has been accused of secretly being related to him. The Congressional Black Caucus and other records list her father’s name as “Nur Omar Mohamed.” Omar deleted the post on Sept. 19, 2019, the same year scrutiny of her marriage history intensified.

Federal agents searched Omar’s D.C. residence on Oct. 12 as part of a criminal probe into possible false statements on immigration and naturalization documents. Court filings from the search identify her as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a.k.a. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.” Omar insists her real name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar and has called the investigation a political attack.