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On August 10, 2017 as she was preparing a run for U.S Congress, Ilhan filed for a default divorce from Ahmed Elmi: a default divorce can occur when one spouse attests to be unable to locate the other spouse on whom to serve the papers.  Ilhan swore under penalty of perjury  that she had zero contact with Ahmed Elmi after June 2011.

On August 10, 2017 as she was preparing a run for U.S Congress, Ilhan filed for a default divorce from Ahmed Elmi: a default divorce can occur when one spouse attests to be unable to locate the other spouse on whom to serve the papers.  Ilhan swore under penalty of perjury  that she had zero contact with Ahmed Elmi after June 2011.

===Tax fraud===

===Tax fraud===   

 

The evidence appears to suggest that Ilhan married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi to aid Elmi in obtaining entrance into the United States. The two were married in 2009 and divorced in 2017.  Ilhan then officially married Hirsi, the father of her three children, in 2018.  

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board found that Ilhan filed illegal joint tax returns with Hirsi while still married to her brother.  In addition, false statements made during her 2009 marriage filing and 2017 divorce proceedings constituted perjury.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/new-photos-corroborate-perjury-claims-against-rep-ilhan-omar-as-she-deletes-social-media-evidence/</ref>

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board found that Ilhan filed illegal joint tax returns with Hirsi while still married to her brother.  In addition, false statements made during her 2009 marriage filing and 2017 divorce proceedings constituted perjury.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/davidsteinberg/new-photos-corroborate-perjury-claims-against-rep-ilhan-omar-as-she-deletes-social-media-evidence/</ref>