{"id":6767,"date":"2026-04-25T15:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:52:59","slug":"ilhan-omar-turns-blind-eye-as-connor-mcnutt-marries-young-underling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6767","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar turns &#8216;blind eye&#8217; as Connor McNutt marries young underling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar gave her blessing to her top congressional aide marrying a young underling \u2013 and even promoted the bride a month before the wedding, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The lefty \u201cSquad\u201d member from Minnesota attended the Dec. 19 nuptials in the Virginia countryside, lending her seal of approval to the union between her longtime Chief of Staff Connor McNutt, 36, and legislative aide Tahreem Alam, 27. They both still work in Omar\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The whole staff got invited, according to sources, and images reviewed by The Post indicate festive wedding ceremonies, including one where the bride and groom wore traditional south Asian garb.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>I do: Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s (D-Minn.) top aide Conor McNutt married a junior staffer in the office. One Democratic complaint about the \u201cglaring conflict\u201d and power dynamics, although Omar\u2019s office said the birde Tahreem Alam, reports to her. <span class=\"credit\">Alam Mohammad\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But not everyone in Omar\u2019s Capitol Hill orbit was ready to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>One Democratic source fumed at a \u201cglaring conflict and abuse of power dynamics\u201d\u00a0in the office that preceded the wedding, since McNutt had oversight over his future bride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurning a blind eye to this sort of conduct within her own office, and then attending the wedding on top of that, and being by all accounts pretty supportive of it . . . I find it gross, especially coming from like a progressive stalwart like her,\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe generally don\u2019t comment on the personal lives of our staff, but yes, the two of them got married and we are happy for them,\u201d an Omar spokesperson told The Post.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Omar\u2019s team said Alam isn\u2019t supervised by her husband, and that the lawmaker makes all promotions in the office, and that the relationship and office policies had been disclosed to \u201crelevant parties.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, the Congresswoman gives the raises and promotions,\u201d Omar\u2019s office said when asked if the arrangement was in place when the promotion went through.<\/p>\n<p>What irked the source most was the sequence of events. The bride, Alam, got promoted from staff assistant to her more substantial policy role in November 2025 \u2013 just a month before the wedding, the source said, although it was unclear if her fiancee had influence over the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship raises \u201cserious questions\u201d about potential \u201cfavoritism and misuse of resources,\u201d according to the source, who said Omar failed to adequately address a \u201ctextbook power imbalance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>McNutt oversees a staff of 16, according to his LinkedIn. <span class=\"credit\">ConnorjMN\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A second source noted that the marital announcement \u2014 shortly before the wedding date in December \u2014 blind-sided office staffers, some of whom expressed concerns to the congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p>Salary data posted by LegiStorm reveal Alam earned $67,000 in 2025, including $1,200 in \u201cother compensation\u201d that came in September.<\/p>\n<p>She previously worked in a lower staff assistant role and keeping Omar\u2019s schedule. It wasn\u2019t known when Alam and McNutt started dating.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe are happy for them,\u201d Omar\u2019s office said in response to questions about the union and the office dynamics on the staff of 16. <span class=\"credit\">Alam Mohammad\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McNutt wrote on his LinkedIn page that he manages a staff of 16. House offices typically have 18 staff and four part-timers.<\/p>\n<p>The House passed a resolution in 2018 that banned sexual relationships between lawmakers and\u00a0\u201cany employee of the House that works under [their] supervision.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But there is no such prohibition on the books for senior staff romancing subordinates, something Alam is not according to Omar\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The policy doesn\u2019t mention the issue of dating between aides and their superiors. Each congressional office gets to decide its own staff policies, although all must comply with federal laws dealing with discrimination and harassment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>McNutt and Alam, who also backed Omar\u2019s campaign, both work in her congressional office. <span class=\"credit\">ConnorjMN\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple held a marriage ceremony in the Virginia countryside <span class=\"credit\">Alam Mohammad\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Omar has a head-spinning personal marriage history, having applied for a marriage license with Ahmed Hirsi in 2002 when she was 19, but instead held a religious ceremony, then legally marrying Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Omar then got back together with Hirsi in 2018 after divorcing Elmi the year before. <\/p>\n<p>Omar and Hirsi divorced in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker then married longtime political operative Tim Mynett in 2020, after an alleged affair that prompted calls for an Ethics probe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere doesn\u2019t appear to be a violation of the ethics rules in this case,\u201d said Donald Sherman, CEO of Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington.\u00a0\u201cBut members and the [Ethics] Committee certainly should be advised and have procedures in place to make sure that romantic relationships and attempted romantic relationships in their office do not run afoul of harassment or the prohibition on favoritism in congressional offices.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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