Ranger from the North

Ed Morrissey:

How do we know this was a political calculation? The reliance on the criminal statute of limitations in this case has always been weak. The DOJ and DHS always had the option of pursuing a civil/administrative case against 'Omar' over her false identity and fraudulent naturalization. Identifying Ahmed as her brother should have easily led to exposing the 'Omar' dodge, which Scott did almost from the beginning. Tugging at those threads would have unraveled her father's lies about being a teacher rather than a high-ranking officer in Siad Barre's genocidal military, lies that would have given the Obama-era DHS plenty of cause to denaturalize 'Omar' and send her entire family packing back to Somalia.

The most remarkable part of this NY Times story is that it adds hardly anything to the evidence already available to the public about 'Omar,' her sham marriage, and her identity. What it does accomplish is that it strips 'Omar' of her one defense that has kept the media at bay — that these are just unfounded allegations by right-wing activists. The documentation of the Obama administration's suspicions rebuts that nonsense rebuttal and reinforces the truths that the evidence reveals. 'Omar' is a fraud and a fraudster, and one has to suspect that the Trump administration may find plenty more evidence of other questionable activities in its full-bore probe of 'Omar' and her finances, too.

Just to be clear: this illegal alien is voting on our nation's laws.

More from David Strom:

One of the many scandals she has survived in her now-long political career is the immigration fraud accusations that have dogged her for years: her alleged marriage to her obviously very gay brother in order to get him a Green Card. Unlike many "asylees" who pretend to be gay in order to get permanent resident status in Western countries, Omar's brother could be a host on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy or RuPaul's Drag Race.

And yet more from Scott Johnson here.