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Trump says Justice Department is investigating Somali American congresswoman Ilhan Omar

The US president claims Omar left Somalia in the 1990s with “nothing” and is now worth over 44 million dollars. The Minnesota representative denounced “lies and conspiracy theories.”

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00:00United States President Donald Trump is ramping up its attacks against Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
00:09In the Truth Social Post on Monday, Trump suggested the Department of Justice and Congress were investigating Omar's wealth.
00:17He claimed Omar left Somalia in the 1990s with nothing and is now worth over $44 million.
00:23On X, the Congresswoman denounced lies and conspiracy theories and said years of investigations about her have found nothing.
00:31Ilhan Omar is the first Somali-American in the U.S. Congress.
00:35Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized her background since her first election to the House of Representatives in 2018.
00:42In recent weeks, she faced renewed attacks from the U.S. President amid his wider verbal assault against the Somali community.
00:49Last week, Trump said Omar should be jailed or deported to Somalia.
00:54Trump has especially accused Minnesota Somali residents of being responsible for a massive welfare fraud scandal in the state.
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