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Ilhan Omar ex‑bodyguard Abdullahi Mohamed indicted

newsNov 11, 20264014,015

Federal prosecutors indicted Abdullahi Mohamed, a Somali man who briefly served as a bodyguard for Rep. Ilhan Omar, on a felony charge alleging he gave false answers during a green card interview. According to reporting, prosecutors spent months trying to turn Mohamed into an informant and used statements from that immigration interview to press him for evidence against Omar. Mohamed’s lawyer, Mr. Rivers, said prosecutors repeatedly told him and Mohamed that the probe into Omar was "100 percent being run by 1600 Pennsylvania Ave." Critics cited the prosecution as an unusual gambit to obtain incriminating information about a sitting member of Congress. The indictment follows prosecutors’ earlier decision this year to bring a felony charge tied to the interview and comes amid sharp partisan reaction alleging abuse of prosecutorial power.

Paul Waldman
@paulwaldman.bsky.social

This story is unbelievable. The Justice Department has been mobilized by the White House to use any means necessary to get Ilhan Omar, not because there's any evidence she ever committed a crime but because the president is a gutter racist who hates her. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/u...

Mr. Mohamed’s lawyer, Bruce Rivers, said that prosecutors spent months trying to turn the bodyguard into an informant to bolster their case against Ms. Omar. In a move he described as shocking, Mr. Rivers said that prosecutors repeatedly told him and Mr. Mohamed that the investigation into Ms. Omar was “100 percent being run by 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” the address of the White House.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my almost 28 years practicing law in federal court,” said Mr. Rivers, a veteran criminal defense lawyer in Minneapolis.

Justice Department officials — who dropped the charge against Mr. Mohamed in September — declined to answer questions about the case. In an emailed statement, the department said it was “completely unrelated to any current investigations.” Reached by phone in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Mohamed declined to comment last week, saying he intended to discuss his experience when the “time is right.”

The case against Mr. Mohamed drew virtually no notice, and its link to the Omar investigation has not been previously reported. Two people familiar with the case, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive investigation, said that federal law enforcement officials identified Mr. Mohamed’s green card application as an opportunity to gather evidence against Ms. Omar.
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Jesse Thorn
@jessethorn.bsky.social

Unconscionable. This guy had visited Omar's office once and worked on a security detail for her overseas once. They threatened him with five years in jail if he didn't give them incriminating evidence about Congresswoman Omar, despite his insistence there was none. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/u...

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Yastreblyansky10

Say the words: they were under orders (from Blanche or Trump, doesn't matter) to make a criminal case against Omar whether she commited a crime or not. They were fabricating evidence.

Juan Moreno-Cruz7

I hope Dems understand the job ahead of them. Being elected into power doesn’t solve the years of corruption allowed by weak institutions and rotten political culture. A lot of this goes back way beyond Trump years.

Jason Karsh7

Hey, maybe it wasn’t a good idea to put a bunch of racist criminals who want to run the country like a mob family in charge of the entire government. Just a thought.

History Keeps Happening5

A common tactic used against AIM members as well.

digitaldesert.bsky.social4

This is for the “we should try and work with the President” folks.

Otto von Biz Markie3

In two years, every Democrat running against anyone even tangentially related to this administration needs to be talking about them the way Jon Ossoff talked about Mike Collins

Delbert Grady Seasons3

Has Schumer opined about treating a member of his party being treated this way? Jeffries has, I’ll give him that

M 💓🇺🇸🗽🌊🌈✨🧘‍♀️2

The Nazis are doubling down. They need a win to soothe their embarrassment at midterm. This is what trump voters voted for. Are they repentant and protesting ice in their towns?

DaftPodunk, the Roborube2

I think literally everyone involved in doing that should go to prison forever

Jack Mendel2

Whatever your politics or your view of Ilhan Omar, this is incredibly dystopian

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