Rep. James Comer says the administration should “make it public” and that Congress should vote on whether Omar remains in the House
James Comer Jr.Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, interviewed on Just the News, No Noise
On Just the News, No Noise, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said the Trump administration should make public any evidence about whether Rep. Ilhan Omar violated immigration law, and that members of Congress should “be the judge and the jury.” He said Congress should vote on whether she remains in the House, and asked whether someone who “violated the laws to become a citizen” should be ineligible to serve, answering “I think so.” He said most of the evidence he has is already public.
“I think they should make it public. Absolutely, make it public.” … “I think the members of Congress should be the judge and the jury in this.” … “Let us vote as to whether or not she needs to remain in Congress. If you violated the laws to become a citizen, should that make you ineligible to be a member of Congress? I think so. But put it up for a vote in Congress and let the American people see how their member of Congress would vote on that.”
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Should Trump administration officials publicly accuse Rep. Ilhan Omar of immigration fraud?
Since at least 2016 there have been unproven claims that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 2009 husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother. Senior Trump administration officials have repeated the claim publicly. This record begins with Vice President JD Vance’s March 27, 2026 statement that “we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud,” and includes President Donald Trump’s May 1 statement, “I believe she married her brother.” On September 10, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a podcast interview, “we know that she married her brother to try to bring him in the United States,” and that an investigation was ongoing. On September 13, border czar Tom Homan declined to give specifics of an “ongoing criminal investigation” but said “no one’s above the law.” Omar has denied the claim: on September 16 she told a reporter “Absolutely not” and that she is not under investigation, and on September 18 Fox News Digital reported her saying DHS had not contacted her. Fox reported that there has been no public evidence available to confirm an open investigation into her.
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Just the News reports the Monday-night, September 14, 2026 interview with Rep. James Comer on its own program, Just the News, No Noise. We could not locate a recording of the interview, so Comer’s wording here is taken from this report and from the Washington Examiner and Newsmax accounts, which print the same passages.
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The Washington Examiner also reports and quotes Comer’s September 14 interview on Just the News, No Noise, including his call for the evidence to be made public and for Congress to vote on whether Omar stays in office.
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Newsmax’s report of Comer’s September 14 interview, as syndicated on Yahoo News. It also summarizes Omar’s background, including that she has denied for years that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, whom she married in 2009, is her brother, and that the allegation has not been publicly substantiated.
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Comer spoke Monday night, September 14, after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a podcast interview that “we know that she married her brother” and border czar Tom Homan referred to an “ongoing criminal investigation.” Just the News reported that he also vowed to pursue a contempt vote against financier Leon Black in the House Epstein inquiry.
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Just the News reported that Omar became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000 and “has vehemently denied marrying her brother.” The Washington Examiner reported that Comer made the remark about a vote after being asked what he would want done if Omar were found to be here illegitimately or subject to denaturalization.
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Comer calls for the administration’s evidence to be made public and for the House to vote on whether Omar “needs to remain in Congress,” and answers “I think so” to whether violating the law to become a citizen should make someone ineligible to serve. He does not say whether he believes the allegation, but by asking for a vote on her seat he treats it as grounds for expulsion proceedings, which presses the accusation rather than questioning it. The closest competing label is “Mixed or conditional”, because his view on expulsion depends on whether the law was violated. It loses because that condition is the premise of any proceeding, not a reservation about the accusation or the investigation, and he expresses no position that cuts the other way.
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