Vice President JD Vance claimed on Friday that Representative Ilhan Omar "defrauded" the United States through her alleged marriage to her brother to help him stay legally in the country.
Vance stated to right-wing broadcaster Benny Johnson in the latest episode of his show: "We actually believe that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States" he said.
Omar had previously described these allegations as "disgusting lies", while these claims have been pursuing the Congress member since before her House of Representatives election campaign in 2018.
Vance added that he had been discussing legal solutions with White House senior staff deputy Stephen Miller, explaining that questions had been raised: "How do you pursue her? How do you investigate her? How do you actually build the case to bring some justice for the American people?"
The Vice President claimed that the Democratic representative from Minnesota "was at the heart of many of the worst fraudsters in the Somali community", and that this should also be under investigation.
Vance said: "I am concerned about immigration, and also concerned about what Ilhan Omar knew about what was happening in the Somali-American community? And why was nobody looking into it until President Donald Trump explicitly came along?"
It is worth noting that Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to America from Somalia, was 17 years old when she became a naturalized American citizen in 2000.
