Left-Wing Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces New Backlash Over Effort to Gain Leniency for 9 Men Accused of Trying to Join ISIS

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing new scrutiny after it was revealed she once attempted to win leniency for a group of Minnesota men accused of trying to join the Islamic State. . .

In 2016, Omar wrote to Judge Michael Davis on behalf of Abdirahman Yasin Daud, who was one of two young men arrested in San Diego in 2015, but were members of a larger group attempting to join ISIS, according to KMSP-TV. The group consisted of nine Somali-Americans.

Specifically, Daud was arrested for attempting to purchase fake passports for travel to Syria. Federal prosecutors recommended in 2016 that Daud serve 30 years in federal prison with a lifetime of supervised release.

At the time, Omar — who was only a Minnesota state lawmaker — urged Davis to exercise “compassion” on the men, employing a “restorative approach to justice.” She emphasized that the ruling would “set a precedent and has the potential to be a landmark case in addressing extremism.” . . .

In the end, Omar’s plea did not persuade Davis, who sentenced Daud to 30 years in federal prison. He was found guilty on charges of “conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder outside the U.S.,” according to the Chicago Tribune. (Read more from “Left-Wing Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces New Backlash Over Effort to Gain Leniency for 9 Men Accused of Trying to Join ISIS” HERE)

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