James Comer launches investigation into Omar’s husband’s business dealings
Rep. James Comer, the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has launched a probe into Ilhan Omar’s husband, timothy Mynett, citing concerns about corruption and opaque finances. In a February letter to mynett, Comer linked the inquiry to broader investigations of fraud in Minneapolis’s Somali community and highlighted a dramatic surge in value for Mynett’s firms, eStCru and Rose Lake Capital, from about $51,000 in 2023 to roughly $30 million in 2024. He argued that the lack of transparency about investors and funding sources raises questions that unknown backers might potentially be influencing Omar, potentially with funds obtained improperly. Omar has pushed back, saying she is not a multimillionaire and criticizing the accusations as part of a coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign. She noted her public financial disclosures, including student debt and relatively modest reported assets, while defending her family’s residence in both Minneapolis and Washington, D.C.
James Comer launches investigation into Ilhan Omar’s husband’s business dealings
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has launched an investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) husband’s dealings over suspicions of corruption.
In a Wednesday letter to Timothy Mynett, Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, connected the inquiry to recent investigations into fraud among the Somali community in Minneapolis. He cited the immense amount of money Mynett’s companies have made in recent years as justifying the investigation. Comer pointed out that eStCru and Rose Lake Capital, which Mynett holds ownership stakes in, shot from $51,000 to around $30 million in value from 2023 to 2024.
“Given that these companies do not publicly list their investors or where their money comes from, this sudden jump in value raises concerns that unknown individuals may be investing to gain influence with your wife,” he wrote. “Media reports further suggest that you may have raised money from investors using misleading information, meaning some of those funds may have been obtained improperly.”
“There are serious public concerns about how your businesses increased so dramatically in value only a year after reporting very limited assets,” Comer added. “Further, after these reports about financial trouble and alleged fraud, the Committee has serious questions about how eStCru’s valuation increased by up to $5 million in a single year.”
He also voiced suspicions about the company’s opacity, taking issue with the lack of publicly available information about it.
Suspicions around Mynett were first raised in September 2025, when Omar’s 2024 financial disclosure report was released, showing an explosion in net worth through her husband. The revelation that she had a net worth of $6 million to $30 million drew criticism due to her previous insistence that she was “barely worth thousands.”
“My salary is $174,000 before taxes, I don’t have stock or own a home and still paying off my student debt,” she said in a social media post on Feb. 10, 2025. “So if you are going to lie on something that is public, maybe try checking my public financial statements and you will see I barely have thousands let alone millions.”
She elaborated on this in a statement to Business Insider, describing accusations that she was worth millions of dollars as a “coordinated right-wing disinformation campaign” and calling the “ridiculous” claim “categorically false.”
FILINGS SHOW ILHAN OMAR’S NET WORTH UP BY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
“I am a working mom with student loan debt,” Omar added. “Unlike some of my colleagues — and similar to most Americans — I am not a millionaire and am raising a family while maintaining a residence in both Minneapolis and D.C., which are among the most expensive housing markets in the country.”
In her most recent filing, Omar listed $15,001-$50,000 in student debt accumulated beginning in October 2005 and $15,001-$50,000 in credit card debt.
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