Ilhan Omar’s Web Of Shady Family Businesses Exposed
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A new report is raising fresh questions about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s family ties and political connections, detailing how millions in public funds flowed to a Minneapolis clinic once run by her sister.
According to a report by Olivia Rondeau at Breitbart News, Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, previously served as CEO of People’s Center Clinics & Services from 2014 to 2018. Omar began her term in the Minnesota House in 2017, during which time the state approved a $2.2 million capital budget allocation for the clinic.
The nonprofit, located in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, has received roughly $33 million in grants from the Department of Health and Human Services since 2002.
The report notes that the People’s Center had a contract pharmacy agreement tied to the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program with Degdeg’s Carepoint Pharmacy. That pharmacy, signed onto the agreement in 2015 by Noor, lost its license in 2017 and is now listed as permanently closed.
Omar later touted her role in securing funding for the clinic, including celebrating renovations completed in 2022 alongside Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The upgrades included a walk-in clinic, fitness center, prayer room, and a multilingual call center, according to local reporting cited in the Breitbart piece.
After being elected to Congress, Omar secured an additional $1 million in federal funding for the project. In April 2022, she said, “neither I nor my immediate family has any financial interest in this project.” Two years later, the clinic credited her with obtaining that funding.