Ilhan Omar repeatedly altered her own name on marriage application, new documents reveal... as scrutiny over alleged sham marriage to 'brother' reaches boiling point

Ilhan Omar appeared to scribble out the entry for her last name before filling out her marriage certificate to the man alleged to be her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.

The Minnesota Democrat has long faced allegations that she married British citizen  Elmi in 2009 to help him obtain a green card - claims previously reported by the Daily Mail.

A copy of her marriage certificate in Hennepin County to Elmi, obtained by the Daily Mail, shows her having changed her mind multiple times when filling out her last name.

Omar initially had written her last name as 'Omar' before scratching it in exchange for 'Elmi,' forgoing that one more time and writing in 'Omar' again. 

She also crossed out the middle name 'Abdullahi' at least once before writing in 'Omar,' scratching that again and rewriting 'Abdullahi.'

The Daily Mail has reached out to a spokesperson for Congresswoman Omar for comment. 

Omar has repeatedly denied the allegations, dismissing them as a right-wing conspiracy theory. President Donald Trump's administration has since launched a fresh investigation into her immigration history.

Amid the inquiry, the Daily Caller obtained an academic report Elmi, a doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol, published in August entitled 'Out in the Field: Notes on Researching Queer Violence in Kenya.'

Ilhan Omar scribbled out the entry for her last name before filling out her marriage certificate to the man alleged to be her brother, Ahmed Elmi

The Minnesota Democrat has long faced allegations that she married British citizen Ahmed Nur Said Elmi (pictured) in 2009 to help him obtain a green card - claims previously reported by the Daily Mail 

'As a gay man of the East African diaspora, my fieldwork was never neutral,' he wrote in the introduction.

'It was a space shaped by tension, risk, intimacy and vulnerability,' Elmi continued. 

'While navigating the challenges of ethnographic research, I immersed myself in the lived experiences of the people I spoke with, while also negotiating my own safety and the complexities of my identity.' 

Even Democrats are beginning to turn on Omar over the scandal, which has broken just weeks before the midterm elections.

Joe Radinovich, a former Democratic-Farmer-Labor state representative with close ties to Minnesota's political establishment, made the extraordinary remarks in a series of posts on X on Thursday.

'Democrats should understand that the allegation is almost certainly true - whatever conclusion they draw from that point could vary - and her denials calling it a right-wing, Islamophobic or racist conspiracy are almost certainly not,' Radinovich wrote.

Radinovich also cautioned Democrats against rushing to defend Omar over separate questions surrounding her personal finances, suggesting the explanations offered by the congresswoman had not adequately addressed the concerns.

'I'd be very, very careful,' he warned. 'Any objective look at the evidence doesn't look... great,' he added.

Omar has denied the claims made about her by Donald Trump and his Justice Department, which is leading the immigration investigation. 

John Nagel, the Republican seeking to unseat Omar in November, continues demanding she release her immigration records and take a DNA test to squash all rumors. 

He made the demand during a Fox News interview on Thursday, arguing that Omar could put the controversy behind her by producing the necessary paperwork.

'It would be very simple if you are innocent to be able to come up with the paperwork, do the DNA sample,' Nagel said.

'The people that voted for you have a right to know if they can trust you,' he added.

The Republican's comments come as Omar faces renewed scrutiny following a federal investigation that saw Homeland Security Investigations agents search her Washington, DC, home on October 12.

The search was conducted under a federal warrant as part of an investigation focused on immigration paperwork dating back to when Omar and her family arrived in the United States from Somalia in the 1990s.

Omar was a teenager when she came to the US and became an American citizen in 2000.

Ilhan Omar (center) as a young girl. At the center of the immigration probe is Omar's birth year, which has appeared as both 1981 and 1982 in official records. Her staff had it changed from 1981 to 1982 on her Minnesota legislature biography in May 2019.

The Justice Department has since asked a federal judge to keep the search warrant application and supporting affidavit under seal, arguing that releasing the documents could compromise its ongoing investigation. 

Prosecutors said investigators were still reviewing evidence seized during the search and had not decided whether to bring charges or whom to charge.

Omar has denied wrongdoing and described the investigation as an attempt to weaponize federal law enforcement against a political opponent. 

No criminal charges have been announced against her.

The controversy has also revived longstanding allegations about Omar's marriage to her former husband Ahmed Elmi, whom President Trump has claimed is her brother. 

Omar has repeatedly denied the allegation.

Despite the controversy, major election forecasters still rate Omar's seat safely Democratic.

The Cook Political Report and Inside Elections both continue to rate Minnesota's 5th Congressional District Solid Democratic, while Decision Desk HQ classifies it as Safe Democratic.

And according to The Hill's polling, Omar has a 99 percent chance of winning re-election.

The financial gap between the candidates is also substantial.

Federal Election Commission figures show Omar had raised approximately $8.2 million for the election cycle by October 14, compared with around $1.1 million for Nagel.