Minneapolis police executed a search warrant on the apartment shared by Rep. Ilhan Omar's 20-year-old son and a convicted felon with ten prior arrests, and the congresswoman who champions strict gun control refused to say a word about it.
Officers raided the Minneapolis home of Adnan Hirsi and his roommate, Abdulrahman Abdi, 22, on August 25, Fox News Digital reported. They found multiple weapons and ammunition inside. Abdi, a convicted felon barred by federal law from possessing firearms, was arrested and now faces a weapons charge.
The chain of events that led police to the apartment started with a routine traffic stop. Officers pulled Abdi over and discovered he had no driver's license and no proof of insurance. His car was impounded. When authorities later searched the vehicle, they found a firearm, a serious problem for someone with a felony record. That discovery gave police grounds to obtain a search warrant for the apartment Abdi shared with Omar's son.
Abdi is no stranger to law enforcement. He has been arrested ten times previously and carries a felony speeding conviction from a 2024 arrest for driving more than 100 miles per hour. Under federal law, convicted felons are prohibited from possessing firearms. The weapons and ammunition seized from the shared apartment only deepened the legal trouble surrounding him.
Abdi was booked just after noon on the day of his arrest and released before midnight the following day. Hirsi, Omar's son, was not arrested and is not accused of any wrongdoing.
The incident has drawn renewed attention to a pattern of legal troubles surrounding Omar and her family that critics say undercuts her public credibility.
When a reporter caught up with Omar in the hallways of Capitol Hill and asked what she knew about the raid, the Minnesota Democrat kept walking. Reporter Nicholas Ballasy, as identified by Breitbart, pressed her directly:
"Are you going to advise your son to move from his place? Away from that situation? We were just wondering what you thought about the whole thing."
Omar said nothing. She continued walking without acknowledging the question. Her congressional office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment, either.
Fox News Digital also reached out to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department. No response was reported.
Separately, Omar has faced scrutiny over longstanding immigration-related questions that have dogged her for years, with federal agencies withholding records tied to her case.
Omar has built a legislative record centered on strict firearm regulation. She has advocated for closing the gun show loophole and implementing red flag laws, measures that would temporarily block individuals deemed a threat to public safety from accessing guns. She has voted for legislation to ban the sale of so-called assault-style weapons and to strengthen the universal background check system.
Those positions make her silence on the raid conspicuous. A congresswoman who campaigns on keeping guns out of dangerous hands offered no comment when police pulled weapons and ammunition from the apartment her own son shares with a man who has been arrested ten times and is legally barred from touching a firearm.
The contrast was not lost on critics. Right-wing activist Benny Johnson wrote on X: "Not a good look for Ilhan Omar." Former Israeli military staff sergeant and opinion columnist Eitan Fischberger posted a broader critique listing what he described as a pattern of legal and political controversies involving Omar and her children.
Omar, the first hijab-wearing woman elected to Congress and a Somali refugee, represents Minnesota's heavily Democratic 5th Congressional District, where she is seeking another term. Her district's voters will have to weigh whether a representative who demands accountability from gun owners owes some accountability of her own when firearms turn up in her son's home.
The broader questions surrounding Omar's family have only multiplied in recent months, including federal agencies blocking the release of her immigration records and other unresolved matters that continue to generate public interest.
Several facts about the raid remain unclear. Neither the specific weapons seized nor their number has been disclosed publicly. It is unknown whether Hirsi was present during the search or whether the firearms were found in common areas of the apartment or in spaces used by Abdi. The issuing court and judge who signed the warrant have not been identified in available reporting.
The current status of the criminal case against Abdi is also unresolved. He was released the day after his arrest, and no further updates on the weapons charge have been reported.
Omar herself has referenced a separate incident in which she said her U.S.-born son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota on December 13. That episode is distinct from the August 25 raid but adds another layer to the ongoing controversies swirling around the Omar family.
Voters expect their representatives to answer hard questions, especially when those representatives have spent years telling everyone else how to live. Walking away in silence is not accountability. It is the opposite.
