Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) weighed in on President Donald Trump’s resurrection of the claim that Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) married her brother by presenting a trio of state and federal laws she would have violated if the allegation proved accurate.

“If this is true, then Omar faces criminal liability under three different statutes,” the senator wrote on X responding to a White House post Friday, “Yes (Omar) married her brother.”

The original marriage claim, which has been around since Omar ran for state office in 2016, is that the Somalian-born lawmaker married her brother so he could gain U.S. citizenship.

Cruz cited a federal marriage fraud statute that declares that it is a felony to knowingly enter into a marriage to evade immigration laws, the violation of which carries a penal

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