Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) claimed earlier this year that it was “ridiculous” and “categorically false” to say she was worth millions. Yet her latest financial disclosure paints a very different picture. Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, now report a net worth of between $6 million and $30 million, a jaw-dropping increase of at least 3,500% in just one year.
As the Washington Free Beacon noted:
“Omar reported in her latest financial disclosure that she and her husband, former political consultant Tim Mynett, accumulated a net worth at the end of 2024 ranging from at least $6 million to $30 million. Their wealth is derived almost entirely from the value of Mynett’s ownership stake in his two companies that, together, were worth no more than $51,000 at the end of 2023.”
That revelation directly contradicts what Omar told Business Insider in February:
“Omar said any insinuation that she’s worth more than a few thousand dollars was ‘ridiculous’ and ‘categorically false.’ She also took to X in February, challenging her followers to ‘maybe try checking my public financial statements and you will see I barely have thousands let alone millions.’”
The sudden fortune traces back to Mynett’s ventures. At the start of 2023, his companies were broke and mired in lawsuits. By the end of 2024, they were valued in the millions:
“At the end of 2023, Mynett’s combined stake in both companies was worth no more than $51,000, the firms had less than $700 across all their bank accounts, and Mynett and his business partner, former DNC adviser Will Hailer, were saddled with lawsuits from investors claiming they defrauded them out of millions of dollars. But by the end of 2024, Mynett’s combined stake … ballooned to anywhere between $6 and $30 million.”
And of course, Mynett’s business ties to Omar run deep:
“They were both married to other people when they met, but the pair began an affair while Mynett served as a political consultant for Omar’s campaign, which paid his firm a whopping $2.9 million during the 2020 election cycle.”
The tweets only underline the point:
The facts are damning. Omar publicly dismissed accusations of wealth while her disclosures show she and her husband engineered a stunning financial turnaround. The question now isn’t whether she lied — it’s how this windfall was achieved while serving in Congress.
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