Ilhan Omar Stonewalls
23rd August 2016
The latest from the most recent Minnesota Muslim scandal.
When Ilhan Omar finally got around to issuing a statement on her multiple marriages this past Wednesday evening, she drew on the Democratic scandal management playbook to put the story to bed. Omar characterized the allegations related to her marriages as “absurd and offensive.” Omar counts on cooperative Minnesota media not to follow up with impolite questions. KMSP 9’s Tom Lyden, however, is not in a cooperative mood.
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Understand, however, that the heart of this story is possible immigration fraud. I asked the Omar campaign whether her second marriage, the one to her lawful husband, was entered into for dishonest purposes. The campaign forwarded my inquiry for response by Jean Brandl, a Minnesota criminal defense attorney. The response Brandl conveyed to my inquiries failed to address their substance. I thought that too was a story all by itself.