Donald Trump suggested that Ilhan Omar may have inadvertently revealed something when she answered “not to my knowledge” after being asked whether she had married her brother.

The 44-year-old Minnesota congresswoman faced the extraordinary allegation days after federal agents searched her Washington, DC, home as part of an investigation into suspected immigration fraud.

Trump, a longtime critic of Omar, said he found her wording unusual during remarks to reporters outside the White House on Thursday.

“If you asked me that same question about, let’s say, my sister, I would say ‘no.’ She said ‘not to my knowledge.’ That tells you a lot right there,” Trump said.

Trump acknowledged that he had “never been a big fan of hers” and urged people to “see how it works out” as the investigation proceeds.

He nevertheless repeated his view that Omar’s answer was revealing.

The Democrat has rejected the longstanding allegations as “insane” and accused right-wing influencers of promoting conspiracy theories about her family.

MS NOW host Chris Hayes asked whether there was even a remote possibility that she was related to her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.

“You were not related to him at all? There’s not a strange kernel of truth there?” Hayes asked.

“Not to my knowledge,” Omar replied.

The exchange took place during Omar’s first major interview since Homeland Security Investigations seized phones, computers and other personal belongings from her home.

Hayes introduced the subject by noting how extraordinary the accusations were. President Donald Trump and other political opponents have repeatedly promoted the claims.

“There are right-wing people who believe this man was your brother. You have called that a disgusting lie,” Hayes told the congresswoman.

“Who was this man who was your husband? When did people start saying he was your brother, and why?” he asked, referring to Omar’s former husband.

Omar said the allegations began on a Somali blog before being circulated by conservative activists in Minneapolis.

“It started with the Somali blog. I don’t know if it still exists, but somebody wrote that he had to have been my brother, or something to that effect. Right-wing conspiracy theorists in Minneapolis got hold of it,” she said.

‘And they just kind of went and found random people who were like, she introduced us. She introduced him to us and said he was her brother, which is, you know, insane. I mean, I don’t know those people that they talk about.’

Hayes then pressed the congresswoman on whether there was any truth to the allegations. 

Omar accused her critics of finding supposed witnesses who claimed she had introduced Elmi as her sibling.

‘They just kind of went and found random people who were like, “She introduced us. She introduced him to us and said he was her brother,” which is, you know, insane.’

Omar insisted she did not recognize the individuals making those claims.

There is no established evidence that Elmi is Omar’s brother, and the congresswoman has consistently denied the allegation.

The interview also provided Omar’s most detailed account yet of the dramatic federal search that has placed her citizenship and personal affairs under intense scrutiny.

She claimed approximately 15 to 25 agents arrived at her residence at 6am, pounding on doors while she and her family were asleep.

‘I only had two and a half hours of sleep when they came, you know, pounding on the doors,’ she recalled.

Omar said she initially feared an emergency was unfolding outside.

‘I thought something was on fire. I thought something was happening to the neighbors,’ she explained.

The congresswoman said agents spent between four and five hours searching the property, eventually removing 17 items, including several phones, notebooks, a vintage camera and a Somali language book.

She described the operation as ‘intrusive but polite,’ acknowledging that agents treated her belongings carefully and even folded some of her clothes.

Nevertheless, she accused the Trump administration of orchestrating an intimidating spectacle designed to satisfy the president’s supporters.

‘They had to do something, I believe, to say, hey, look, we raided her house,’ she alleged.

Federal investigators are examining possible immigration fraud, with the Minnesota US Attorney’s Office investigating whether false statements were made in immigration documents concerning Omar’s birth date.

Investigators have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including some involving Omar’s relatives.

The congresswoman maintains that she legally obtained American citizenship at 17 through her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, who became a naturalized citizen in 2000.

She suggested investigators were now focusing on documents completed by her late father, who can no longer defend himself.

‘It’s also very convenient because my dad is no longer alive,’ Omar told Hayes. ‘So it’s another thing they can drag on forever.’

Trump has publicly suggested Omar could face imprisonment if investigators establish that she committed immigration fraud.

‘She could go to jail,’ the president said on Tuesday. ‘They keep talking about deportation.’

Omar, however, insisted she had committed no wrongdoing and accused the administration of pursuing a politically motivated campaign against her.

She also addressed separate questions surrounding her family’s finances after congressional disclosure documents appeared to value business interests connected to her husband, Tim Mynett, at approximately $30 million.

That figure was subsequently revised substantially downward, with Hayes saying liabilities reduced the reported valuation to around $20,000.

Omar rejected suggestions that she was secretly wealthy, portraying herself as an ordinary working American struggling with everyday expenses.

‘I mean, it’s, you know, working, working class, I guess, like paycheck to paycheck still,’ she said.

‘We’ve got four kids. And, you know, we live, I think, like a basic life.’

She pointed to the family’s modest vehicle as evidence.

‘I have a Toyota Camry that’s from 2016. It’s our only car. I rent my DC place and my Minneapolis place.’

Omar also revealed that she intends to leave her Washington residence after its address became public following the search.

Citing the death threats she regularly receives, she said remaining at the property would endanger her family’s privacy and security.

‘I can’t continue to live there,’ she declared.

Despite the mounting legal and political pressure, Omar insisted she would not be driven out of Congress.

She claimed the president’s ultimate objective was to force her from public office, arguing that her opponents resented someone of her background and faith holding political power.

‘I think that’s ultimately the thing that they want,’ she said.

Legal experts say the former NYPD detective accused of killing a beloved father and Con Edison employee in a George Washington Bridge road-rage shooting may have avoided a murder charge because prosecutors believe the confrontation was spontaneous rather than planned.

The family of Koran Irvine has questioned why retired officer Victor Romero was charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with Tuesday evening’s fatal encounter on the New Jersey-bound side of the bridge, where the two drivers nearly collided.

Michael Bachner, a defense attorney with no ties to the case, said the charge did not come as a surprise because prosecutors could face difficulty proving that Romero meant to kill Irvine.

“The District Attorney’s office was under the theory that this arose out of an altercation with some lack of premeditation, lack of planning,” Bachner said.

“It was a road rage incident where the guy went to get his gun without an intention to kill. There was no proof there was an intention to kill the guy.”

According to prosecutors, Romero, 62, allegedly drove closely behind Irvine, a 46-year-old father of two, before pulling alongside his vehicle and firing a shot.

Irvine’s car then came to an abrupt stop, triggering a traffic backup. About 40 seconds later, the vehicle moved across several lanes and struck a median, according to the criminal complaint.

Prosecutors said Romero left the bridge after the shooting and was arrested later.

Bachner said a second-degree murder case would require prosecutors to establish that Romero acted with depraved indifference to human life, a more demanding standard than first-degree manslaughter. Under the manslaughter charge, prosecutors would need to prove that Romero intended to cause physical injury and that the injury led to Irvine’s death.

“It sounds to me, it smells to me, more like he consciously disregarded a risk rather than he acted with a depraved indifference to human life,” Bachner said.

“I see why [Manhattan DA Alvin] Bragg made this decision,” the attorney added.

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“I understand the outrage over it, but I think it really does fit more into the manslaughter mold than it does into the murder charge.”

Robert Gottlieb, another veteran New York defense lawyer, said he was “surprised” by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision.

“Just relying on what’s alleged in the complaint, there is more than enough to have charged him with murder,” Gottlieb said.

“I have seen people charged with murder under less powerful evidence of depraved indifference murder.”

Irvine’s aunt, Gale Ford, expressed her anger outside court Thursday following Romero’s first appearance.

“You had a retired police officer intentionally fire a bullet and kill him,” Ford said. “Instead of being murder, it’s called manslaughter? But again, in God we will trust.”

Irvine’s relatives wept during the hearing as prosecutors described the allegations, including claims that Romero neither called 911 nor surrendered after the shooting.

“He tailgated him closely and at times aggressively,” prosecutor Matt Sears told the court. “The defendant’s gunshot entered the back passenger window and struck the victim in his right shoulder, killing him.”

Romero left the NYPD about 25 years ago and later worked as a driver and private security guard for a Manhattan investment fund, according to police sources.

Sources said Romero attempted to turn himself in but went to the wrong stationhouse and was eventually cuffed later.

He was ordered held on $1 million bail before his lawyer, Alan Abramson, asked for a lower amount, saying, “My client was a hero police officer.”

Abramson didn’t return a request for comment Thursday afternoon.

Residents of Manhattan’s Chinatown have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt construction of a new “megajail” in their neighborhood, arguing that the project’s nearly nonstop noise over the next six years amounts to “inhumane and cruel” treatment.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, says construction on the 16-story “jailscraper” beside Manhattan Criminal Court on Centre Street has been running 18 hours a day on weekdays and eight hours a day on weekends since Oct. 12 under a newly expanded work schedule.

“Our culture believes in honoring our elders. Subjecting them to around-the-clock drilling and construction through their final years is inhumane and cruel,” said Vic Lee, founder and CEO of Welcome to Chinatown, the community organization supporting the case.

Lee said residents support closing Rikers Island, but warned that the transition should not force another marginalized community to endure serious harm.

The longer workweek is part of the city’s $16 billion effort to shut down Rikers and replace the island complex with five borough-based jails.

According to the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit, city officials say the extended construction hours could cut two years from the project’s timeline, allowing the Chinatown jail to be completed by 2032.

Residents counter that the impact on the surrounding community — including a nearby senior center — is too severe to ignore and should require the city to conduct a new environmental review.

“This new schedule represents more than a doubling of construction intensity as opposed to what was studied — and over twice as long a construction period,” the lawsuit alleges.

Many plaintiffs are older adults who say the construction has brought bright overnight lighting, relentless excavation noise, idling engines and clouds of dust into their daily lives.

The lawsuit says several residents have found the noise unbearable since the around-the-clock plan began 10 days ago, with weekday work scheduled from 6 a.m. until midnight.

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Filmmaker Jon Alpert, one of the plaintiffs, said the schedule has severely affected his health as he recovers from treatment for prostate cancer connected to his exposure during the Sept. 11 attacks.

The suit claims Alpert can no longer get a normal night’s sleep because “pounding” begins before sunrise, while several inches of construction dust have accumulated inside his Lafayette Street home.

Alpert, 77, said he has repeatedly raised his concerns with city officials and elected representatives, but “to no avail.”

Local City Councilmember Chris Marte accused City Hall of abandoning Chinatown.

“This unilateral move to work overnight and on weekends serves as the latest example of the City’s prioritization of a megajail over the health and safety of New Yorkers,” Marte said.

City officials said the noisiest tasks, including excavation, drilling and concrete placement, are scheduled between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays. The remaining hours, they said, are reserved for preparation work.

City Hall also pointed to independent environmental safeguards already operating at the site, including monitors tracking vibration, dust and noise, along with mufflers and sound blankets intended to reduce construction impacts.

“We will respond to these claims in court,” said mayoral spokesperson Sam Raskin. “The Mamdani administration is committed to meeting our moral and legal obligations to closing the jails on Rikers Island and transitioning to a safer, more humane borough-based correctional system.”

The City Council set a 2027 deadline for closing Rikers in 2019, but Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged this summer that the target could not be met. The Post has also reported that the borough jail plan is already $8 billion over budget.

“We know that Mayor Mandani didn’t come up with this plan, but we hope he’ll fix it,” Lee said. “The City can close Rikers the right way.”

A Virginia man was arrested after police said he used a sledgehammer to remove the head of a Marine depicted in an Iwo Jima statue near Marine Corps Base Quantico. The alleged attack caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the historic military monument.

Prince William County police officers responded at approximately 10:13 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, after receiving a report of vandalism at the statue near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road in Quantico, Virginia.

Police identified the suspect as Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford, Virginia. Officers allegedly found him striking the monument with a sledgehammer when they arrived.

Authorities said Maldonado Soriano was taken into custody after officers found extensive damage to the limestone sculpture, which honors one of the most enduring images in American military history.

The statue suffered the complete removal of one Marine’s head, as well as damage to other figures shown raising the American flag during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, police said.

Photos of the damaged monument show that the figure on the far right is missing its head. Another Marine has deep gouges across his helmet and face, police told News Media.

A third figure’s bayonet, attached to a firearm slung across his back, was also damaged. Police estimated repairs could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Maldonado Soriano faces three charges: felony destruction of property, trespassing with intent to damage property and felony injury to a monument.

He remains held without bond. A court date has not been announced.

Authorities have not released a possible motive for the alleged vandalism and have not said whether the monument can be restored.

The damaged statue is a 9-foot limestone representation of the iconic flag-raising on Mount Suribachi during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.

Felix de Weldon sculpted the monument. He later created the much larger bronze Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.

The smaller Iwo Jima monument is located near the entrance to Marine Corps Base Quantico, close to the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Quantico is a major Marine Corps installation in northern Virginia and has served for generations as a hub for military training and education.

In 2001, parts of the installation were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District. The district includes 122 buildings, two landscapes, a sculpture and a water tower.