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Ilhan Omar: “We sent that money back a couple years ago.”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Rep. Ilhan Omar says any link between alleged Somali fraud and terrorism is a "failure of the FBI"

Published | Video Starts at 00:39

I really don't, and I don't think the secretary himself understands what he's referring to. We obviously had people who were able to donate to our campaign that were involved. We sent that money back a couple years ago. And actually, I was one of the first members of Congress to send a letter to the Secretary of AG asking them to look into what I thought was a reprehensible fraud that was occurring within the program. (00:39–00:43)

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Asserts that Ilhan Omar's campaign returned donations from individuals involved in the fraud scheme.

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