- 新获取的信件显示,明尼苏达州议员针对众议员奥马尔的联合纳税申报提出IRS审查请求,其背景是围绕她婚姻史的质疑
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2026年11月7日 美国东部时间上午8点发布
众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔2009年婚姻在重启调查中受到审视
查德·佩格拉姆带来国会山相关报道,内容涉及针对明尼苏达州联邦众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔2009年与艾哈迈德·埃尔米婚姻的重启调查。
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【独家报道】 据福克斯新闻数字版获取的一封信件显示,2019年8月,明尼苏达州一群共和党州议员向美国国税局(IRS)提出请求,要求对明尼苏达州联邦众议员、民主党籍的伊尔汉·奥马尔的纳税申报进行“详细重新审查”,依据是某州委员会的报告显示,她在2014年和2015年与一名未与其存在合法婚姻关系的男子提交了联合纳税申报。
这封信发送的背景是,明尼苏达州竞选财务与公共披露委员会在2019年6月6日发布报告指出,奥马尔在2014年和2015年期间与艾哈迈德·赫尔西提交了联合纳税申报,而当时她的合法配偶是另一名男子艾哈迈德·努尔·赛义德·埃尔米。
该联合纳税申报的相关问题是在委员会审查奥马尔竞选委员会一笔1500美元开支时浮出水面的。委员会当时正在调查这笔支出是属于合法竞选相关开支,还是竞选资金被用于支付使奥马尔个人受益的服务。这笔付款是支付给凯耶尔伯格律师事务所的2250美元报销款的一部分,用于支付法律服务及其他相关服务费用。
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2019年,明尼苏达州一群共和党州议员请求IRS调查明尼苏达州联邦众议员、民主党籍的伊尔汉·奥马尔的纳税申报。(亚当·格雷/美联社照片)
【伊尔汉·奥马尔在面对兄弟婚姻传闻时发出惊人承认】
针对委员会的问题,奥马尔的竞选委员会解释称,凯耶尔伯格律师事务所聘请了弗雷德里克-罗森会计师事务所,获取并审查财务记录,以此回应围绕奥马尔婚姻史的指控。根据委员会的解释,弗雷德里克-罗森会计师事务所准备了奥马尔与艾哈迈德·赫尔西的签字授权文件,以便该事务所能从IRS获取两人2014年和2015年联合联邦所得税申报的副本。
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明尼苏达州联邦众议员、民主党籍的伊尔汉·奥马尔,继续因自身财务问题引发头条新闻。(汤姆·威廉姆斯/国会Roll Call公司,通过Getty Images提供)
委员会最终认定,该委员会未能证明这笔1500美元的开支使竞选活动受益,并要求奥马尔向该委员会偿还这笔款项。
【JD·万斯称司法部正调查伊尔汉·奥马尔是否在兄弟婚姻指控中实施移民欺诈】
据《新闻周刊》报道,奥马尔在2002年按照穆斯林宗教传统与赫尔西结婚,并在2008年按照该传统结束了两人的关系。而据《新闻周刊》报道,公开记录显示,她在2009年2月与艾哈迈德·努尔·赛义德·埃尔米办理了合法结婚手续。
据福克斯新闻数字版获取的离婚文件显示,奥马尔在2017年12月与埃尔米办理了合法离婚。
奥马尔及其竞选委员会的律师卡拉·凯耶尔伯格在委员会听证会上表示,弗雷德里克-罗森会计师事务所的服务“为奥马尔众议员带来了一定的个人益处”,因为“无论她的候选人身份如何,她的纳税申报都存在需要纠正的问题”,这一表述出自委员会的报告。
在2019年8月6日写给时任IRS局长查尔斯·雷蒂格的一封信中,州议员们要求IRS根据明尼苏达州竞选财务委员会的报告进行审查。
“鉴于近期事态发展,我认为存在合理理由对奥马尔众议员的纳税申报展开调查,”这封由明尼苏达州州议员史蒂夫·德拉科夫斯基、琳达·伦贝克、格伦·格吕恩哈根、肖恩·梅克兰德、约翰·波斯特、埃里克·卢塞罗、杜安·夸姆、蒂姆·米勒、卡尔·巴尔和杰里米·芒森联合签署的信件中写道。
德拉科夫斯基向福克斯新闻数字版透露,IRS从未对此请求作出回应。
IRS未对福克斯新闻数字版的置评请求作出回应。福克斯新闻数字版无法确认IRS是否落实了议员们的请求。
联邦税务保密规则通常限制该机构向外界披露纳税人的个人信息。明尼苏达州竞选财务与公共披露委员会在德拉科夫斯基提出两项投诉后,于2019年6月6日发布调查结果。尽管委员会要求奥马尔偿还竞选委员会向凯耶尔伯格律师事务所支付的与纳税申报相关的弗雷德里克-罗森会计师事务所服务费用1500美元,但它驳回了“这笔资金是用于支付奥马尔个人离婚诉讼费用”的指控——凯耶尔伯格律师事务所也代理了她的离婚诉讼。
委员会还要求奥马尔偿还用于特定旅行开支的竞选资金,包括前往波士顿、纽约和华盛顿哥伦比亚特区的旅行费用。
在委员会2019年发布调查结果后,奥马尔表示她“对整个程序结束感到满意”,并欢迎委员会关于她不当使用竞选资金用于个人开支的调查结论。不过,她未提及委员会报告中有关她与赫尔西提交联合纳税申报的内容。
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奥马尔未对福克斯新闻数字版的置评请求作出回应。
在福克斯新闻数字版获取的另一封信件中,由德拉科夫斯基牵头的共和党州议员们,在2019年8月向时任明尼苏达州收入局局长辛西娅·鲍尔利提出请求,要求审查奥马尔的联合纳税申报。
德拉科夫斯基表示,鲍尔利和明尼苏达州收入局均未对议员们的请求作出回应。
明尼苏达州收入局未对福克斯新闻数字版的置评请求作出回应。
议员们敦促州和联邦税务机构调查奥马尔联合纳税申报的这封信,是在德拉科夫斯基敦促明尼苏达州联邦众议员、民主党籍的安吉·克雷格将他对奥马尔纳税申报的关切提交至众议院道德委员会的两个月之后。
正如福克斯新闻数字版此前报道,克雷格在给德拉科夫斯基的一封信中表示,他可以自行向国会道德办公室(OCE)提交相关信息——该办公室在2021年更名为国会行为办公室。
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2018年的伊尔汉·奥马尔与艾哈迈德·赫尔西。(凯雷姆·尤塞尔法新社,通过Getty Images提供)
国会道德审查程序允许公众和议员提交有关涉嫌不当行为的信息,不过独立道德办公室与众议院道德委员会的处理程序相互独立。
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10月下旬,美国国土安全部部长马克韦恩·穆林在福克斯新闻上表示,针对奥马尔涉嫌移民及婚姻欺诈的联邦调查已移交至司法部(DOJ),这是一起“大案”,涉及多名人员,而非仅针对某个人。
美国国土安全部未对福克斯新闻数字版的置评请求作出回应,也未说明该调查是否涉及2019年州议员们所指出的2014年和2015年联合纳税申报相关问题。
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Republican state lawmakers reported Omar to the IRS in 2019
Newly obtained correspondence shows Minn lawmakers sought IRS review of Omar’s joint tax returns amid questions about her marital history
By Pedro B Rodriguez-Aparicio
Fox News
Published November 7, 2026 8:00am EST
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 2009 marriage under scrutiny in reopened probe
Chad Pergram reports on Capitol Hill regarding the reopened investigation into Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s 2009 marriage to Ahmed Elmi.
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EXCLUSIVE:A group of Minnesota Republican state lawmakers asked the IRS in August 2019 to “conduct a detailed reexamination” of tax filings by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., based on a report from a state board suggesting she filed joint tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with a man she was not legally married to, according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.
The letter was sent after the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board issued a report on June 6, 2019, indicating that Omar had filed joint tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with Ahmed Hirsi, despite being legally married to another man, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, at the time.
The joint tax returns came up during the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board’s examination of a $1,500 expense associated with Omar’s campaign committee. The board was investigating whether the expenditure was a legitimate campaign-related expense or whether campaign funds had been used to pay for services that benefited Omar personally. The payment was part of a larger $2,250 reimbursement to the Kjellberg Law Office for legal and other services.
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In 2019, a group of Minnesota Republican state lawmakers asked the IRS to investigate tax filings by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.(Adam Gray/AP Photo)
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In response to the board’s questions, Omar’s campaign committee explained that the Kjellberg Law Office had retained the accounting firm Frederick & Rosen to obtain and review financial records as part of the campaign committee’s efforts to respond to allegations surrounding Omar’s marital history. According to the committee’s explanation, Frederick & Rosen prepared releases for Omar and Ahmed Hirsi to sign, so the firm could obtain copies of their filed joint federal income tax returns for 2014 and 2015 from the IRS.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., continues to generate headlines related to her finances.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
The board concluded that the committee had not demonstrated that the $1,500 expense benefited the campaign and required Omar to reimburse the committee.
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Omar married Hirsi in 2002 in their Muslim faith tradition and that they ended their relationship in that tradition in 2008, Newsweek reported. She then legally married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in February 2009, according to public records, as reported by Newsweek.).
According to divorce documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Omar legally divorced Elmi in December 2017.
Carla Kjellberg, a lawyer for Omar and her campaign committee, stated during the board proceedings that Frederick & Rosen’s services provided “some personal benefit to Rep. Omar,” because “there was an issue with her tax returns that needed to be corrected regardless of her status as a candidate,” according to the board’s report.
In a letter to then-IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig dated Aug. 6, 2019, the state lawmakers asked the IRS to undertake a review in light of the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board report.
“Due to recent developments, I believe probable cause exists for an investigation into Rep. Omar’s tax filings,” read the letter, signed by Minnesota state Reps. Steve Drazkowski, Linda Runbeck, Glenn Gruenhagen, Shane Mekeland, John Poston, Eric Lucero, Duane Quam, Tim Miller, Cal Bahr and Jeremy Munson.
Drazkowski told Fox News Digital that the IRS never responded to the request.
The IRS did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Fox News Digital could not confirm whether the IRS followed through with the lawmakers’ request.
Federal tax confidentiality rules generally restrict what the agency can disclose about individual taxpayers. The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board issued its findings on June 6, 2019, following two complaints filed by Drazkowski. Although the board required Omar to repay the $1,500 that her campaign had paid the Kjellberg Law Firm for Frederick & Rosen’s services related to the tax returns, it rejected the allegation that this money was payment for Omar’s personal divorce proceeding, in which Kjellberg also represented her.
The board also required Omar to repay campaign funds used for certain travel expenses, including trips to Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.
Following the board’s 2019 findings, Omar said she was “glad” the process was complete and welcomed the board’s determination regarding allegations that she had improperly used campaign funds for personal expenses. However, she did not address the portion of the board’s report concerning the joint tax returns she submitted with Hirsi.
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Omar did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
In a separate letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the Republican state lawmakers, led by Drazkowski, asked Cynthia Bauerly, then-commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue, in August 2019 to review Omar’s joint tax filings.
Drazkowski said neither Bauerly nor the Minnesota Department of Revenue responded to the lawmakers’ request.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The letter from the lawmakers urging the state and federal tax reporting agencies to investigate Omar’s joint tax filings came two months after Drazkowski urged Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., to refer his concerns about Omar’s tax filings to the House Ethics Committee.
As previously reported by Fox News Digital, Craig told Drazkowski in a letter that he could submit information himself to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), which was renamed to the Office of Congressional Conduct in 2021.
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Ilhan Omar with Ahmed Hirsi in 2018.(Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)
The congressional ethics process allows members of the public and lawmakers to submit information concerning alleged misconduct, although the independent ethics office and the House Committee on Ethics have separate procedures.
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In late October, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Fox News that the federal investigation into Omar regarding potential immigration and marriage fraud had been referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a “large case” that targets multiple individuals rather than just one person.
The DHS did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on whether the investigation is looking into the 2014 and 2015 joint tax filings flagged by the state lawmakers in 2019.
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