John Solomon
Role at the time: Founder and editor in chief of Just the News, who says in the interview that he chairs the White House Government Transparency Task Force
Statement summary
In a Newsmax interview, Just the News founder John Solomon claimed evidence supported the allegations against Ilhan Omar. Read his remarks alongside the ICE letter he cited.
“There’s a pretty good, strong body of evidence.” … “got turned down on the grounds that there’s an ongoing investigation. So, that’s the first time we knew that it was under investigation.” … “I suspect we’ll be able to make it public soon.”
Why we used this label
Solomon asserts that there is a strong body of evidence, says the records were withheld because of an ongoing investigation, says he expects the evidence to be made public, and describes a path to Omar’s deportation. That supports the accusation and the announced investigation. The closest competing label is “Mixed or conditional”, because his description of denaturalization depends on whether Mullin is correct about the evidence; it loses because that condition applies to a later step, while he asserts now that a strong body of evidence exists.