The rise to power of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a leftist Democrat from Minnesota, includes a number of unique elements, including her birth in Somalia, her move to America and her election in a district overwhelmingly populated by Somali immigrants.
Also her avowed allegiance, as a naturalized American citizen and member of Congress, to using America to benefit Somalia, and her financial reporting, which has left some alarmed because of her claims that assets belonging to her and her husband exploded by tens of millions of dollars as she was in Congress.
That last item now has prompted a formal congressional investigation, confirmed by Rep. James Comer, the chief of the House Oversight Committee.
He charges companies belonging to Tim Mynett, Omar’s third husband, “went from $51K to $30 MILLION in one year – with zero investor information.”
He continued, “So we want to know: Who’s funding this? And who’s buying access?”
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I’m demanding financial information from companies linked to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband.
His companies reportedly went from $51K to $30 MILLION in one year — with zero investor information.
So we want to know:
Who’s funding this?
And who’s buying access? pic.twitter.com/mDluOqE9Wg
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) February 6, 2026
A RedState report on the issues was bluntly negative.
“House Oversight Committee Chair, Republican Rep. James Comer (KY-01), posted something sure to make Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) very unhappy. As we’ve reported, the committee had questions about how Omar’s husband was able to accumulate so much money, reportedly some $30 million, so quickly.”
Comer is insisting that Mynett, an “investor and consultant” who actually took in millions of dollars from Omar while he was advising her campaigns, “hand over documents pertaining to two companies, eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital.”
He wants, “[a]ll documents and communications related to travel by anyone affiliated with Rose Lake Capital LLC or eStCru LLC to the United Arab Emirates, Somalia, or Kenya, or travel undertaken to solicit business connected to those countries.”
The reporting from Mynett and Omar is stunning. Their worth in the two companies was “between $15,001 and $50,000” in 2023.
But in 2024 that total was “between $6 million and $30 million.
It’s not uncommon for elected members of Congress to serve in Washington for a number of years, and stunningly accumulate tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in assets on congressional pay of less than $200,000 a year.
Ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has established the benchmark for that activity, with a worth of hundreds of millions after a career in Congress.
But Mynett’s sudden wealth expansion has attracted attention.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said: “I’m confident that Rep. Comer’s investigation into Ilhan Omar’s suspiciously exploding wealth will reveal the truth. The truth sets some people free, but it may send Ilhan packing.”
Omar’s harshest political opponents and critics charge that should she be found to have engaged in improper actions, she should be deported.
However, technically she was naturalized as a U.S. citizen years ago, and while that doesn’t pose an insurmountable obstacle, it creates a long process that would require action to remove that citizenship before any further action could be attempted.
I visited the principal address of ESTCRU winery. This winery is co owned by US Rep of Minnesota Ilhan Omar’s husband, Timothy Mynett, yet seems to allegedly be a shell business used to launder funds.
Here we were informed that 40+ wineries operate out of this location and that… pic.twitter.com/FZRdHqgdRa
— Angela Rose (@angelaroosee) February 4, 2026
UNDER SCRUTINY: House Oversight Chairman Comer investigates Tim Mynett’s companies after their value surged from $51,000 to $30 million. Committee seeks communications, SEC records and travel documents amid Minnesota fraud probes. https://t.co/zm9CVrdPLy
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) February 6, 2026
An analysis of the technicalities from Washington Gun Law host William Kirk noted Omar could lose citizenship and be removed, but the case would have “an extremely high burden of proof.”
A report at the Blaze confirmed federal officials have confirmed that denaturalization and even deportation is not impossible, especially if her citizenship was obtained through fraud.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin may have some answers said, “I wonder if the Department of Homeland Security is aware of this potential asylum fraud on the part of Ilhan Omar’s father that ended up begetting her ability to be a naturalized citizen.
“We’re certainly aware of this, and it’s something that has been looked into. Under U.S. law, the grounds for denaturalization is if citizenship was procured on the basis of fraud. It’s very much a case-by-case basis.”