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>> Trace: CONGRESSWOMAN TLAIB

OMAR WORKING TO EVADE THE

OPPRESSED, DISMISSING QUESTIONS

OF AN ALLEGED AFFAIR AND MISUSE

OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS AS STUPID

AFTER SHE WAS CONFRONTED BY

REPORTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT

GILLIAN TURNER HAS THE LATEST ON

THE CONTROVERSY THAT HAS BEEN

BREWING ALL WEEK.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS

ILHAN OMAR HAS BEEN FIGHTING

BACK A MEDIA AND LEGAL FIRESTORM

SET IN MOTION WHEN THE FEDERAL

ELECTION COMMISSION RECEIVED A

COMPLAINT ABOUT HER

CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.

THAT CAMPAIGN COMES FROM A

POLICY CENTER, A RIGHT-LEANING

NONPROFIT GROUP, ALLEGES THAT

SHE HAD A EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR

WITH A WASHINGTON CONSULTED

WHILE SHE WAS RUNNING FOR

CONGRESS AND THAT HER CAMPAIGN

REIMBURSED THAT SAME CONSULTANT,

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN

TRAVEL.

CAUGHT OFF GUARD YESTERDAY SHE

TOLD HER AFFILIATE IN A NORTH

MINNEAPOLIS GROCERY STORE TO

TALK TO THE HAND.

>> YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT NO

COMMENT MEANS?

>> SHE QUICKLY HAD HER TALKING

>> ARE YOU DODGING THE QUESTION?

POINT IN ORDER.

>> I WILL JUST SAY I HAVE NO

INTEREST IN COMMENTING ON

ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO

ASK ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE.

YOU CAN CHASE ME ALL YOU WANT.

>> EARLIER THIS WEEK THE WIFE

FILED REPORTS THAT HER HUSBAND

HAD AN AFFAIR WHILE SERVING AS

AN ADVISOR TO HER CONGRESSIONAL

CAMPAIGN, THEN LAST NIGHT THE NL

PC FILED ITS CLAIM THAT BETWEEN

APRIL AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR, HER

CAMPAIGN REIMBURSED A COMPANY

OWNED BY TIM, OVER $21,000 FOR

EXPENSES WITHOUT ITEMIZING THEM.

>> THE VIOLATIONS ABOUT

REPORTING THE TRAVEL, THEY ARE

STRAIGHTFORWARD, ON A BIG GILLIS

VIOLATIONS AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, ON A BIG GILLIS

ANY EXPERT WOULD TELL YOU THAT.

>> THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BEEF THEY

NOW HAVE WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN. >> THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BEEF THEY

NOW HAVE WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN.

>> THE MORE SERIOUS MATTER OF

WHETHER SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR

WITH HIM AND HE USED CAMPAIGN WHETHER SHE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR

WITH HIM AND HE USED CAMPAIGN

FUNDS, WE CAN'T STATE THAT WE

KNOW THAT CONCLUSIVELY, BUT WE

ARE SAYING THERE IS ENOUGH

EVIDENCE FOR THE FCC TO LAUNCH

AN INVESTIGATION.

>> HER ATTORNEY IS CRYING

POLITICS WRITING, THE COMPLAINT

FILED TODAY BY THE NATIONAL

LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER IS

NOTHING MORE THAN A POLITICAL

PLOY TO HAVE HER STANDING AS

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE RIGHT

WING CONTEMPT TO THROW THE

KITCHEN SINK AT THE

CONGRESSWOMAN IN HER ALLY.

THE NL PC TELLS FOX NEWS THEY

BELIEVE HER CAMPAIGN VIOLATED

THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN

ACT, PROHIBITS CAMPAIGN FUNDS

FOR BEING USED FOR PERSONAL

PURPOSES.

AS OF TONIGHT HER OFFICE HASN'T

RESPONDED TO FOX NEWS' REQUEST

FOR COMMENTS AND THE BALL IS NOW