In fact, @IlhanMN’s husband — Ahmed “Southside” Hirsi — was a bank teller for nearly a decade despite his well-known activity with Minneapolis Somali gangs.

He later owned a hookah bar that had its license pulled after bouncers refused to allow cops entry to investigate a call.
I have emails proving Minnesota’s @StarTribune was given tips like this to follow — and have return emails proving they were received and read — months prior to the 2018 election.

@StarTribune refused to lift a finger. It ran her perfect, though false, narrative instead.
Additionally, Ahmed “Southside” Hirsi’s well-known past with Minneapolis Somali gangs is one cause that multiple sources close to @IlhanMN blame for the local media silence:

“Everyone knows, everyone is afraid to talk.”
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