House Oversight Committee Asks Ethics Committee to Probe Ilhan Omar

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL – After investigating Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and her husband over alleged financial concerns, the House Oversight Committee is now asking the House Ethics Committee to step in.

A letter sent by the House Oversight Committee to Timothy Mynett, Omar’s husband, in February, and shared with the Daily Signal, expresses the committee’s concern with the apparent rapid growth of two companies Mynett is involved with, citing previous financial disclosure forms filed by Omar.

Mynett did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment.

“Financial disclosure forms, filed by your wife Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, show eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC, which you hold ownership stakes in, went from being worth as much as $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024,” the letter claims. “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. 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.”

“As a result, the Committee requests documents and communications related to the finances of eStCru LLC (eStCru) and Rose Lake Capital LLC (Rose Lake Capital),” the letter added.

The increased value of those companies made Omar and Mynett’s collective assets “potentially worth more than $30 million, an increase of more than 140 times in just one year,” the letter stated. Members of Congress are paid a yearly base salary of $174,000.

In April, Omar said her reported net worth appeared inflated due to an accounting error made in her previous disclosure. She estimated her actual net worth at around $90,000 in an amended disclosure form to the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

“The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire,” Omar spokesperson Jacklyn Rogers told the Wall Street Journal on April.

As reported by Yahoo Finance, Omar’s attorney also sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Conduct stating that the original numbers were the result of an unintentional accounting error.

Omar did not respond to the Daily Signal’s request for comment.

A spokeswoman for the Oversight Committee told The Daily Signal that, “the House Oversight Committee initiated a probe into these concerns and has asked the House Ethics Committee to do its job and review this matter.”

“Americans have concerns about Rep. Omar’s skyrocketing wealth while in public office,” the spokeswoman added.

A senior oversight committee staffer also told The Daily Signal that the panel initially sent the letter regarding Omar’s financial records before making its recommendation to the Ethics Committee.

The House Ethics Committee declined to comment when the Daily Signal sought confirmation that the committee received the letter and related financial records from the House Oversight Committee.

In April, the Minnesota Legislature moved to subpoena Omar over her alleged involvement in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, which resulted in more than 70 convictions.

In 2022, the FBI described the Feeding Our Future scandal as a fraud scheme involving funds that “were intended to be used as reimbursements for the costs of serving meals to children in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, but investigators believe few meals were ever provided.”

“Instead, the defendants are accused of misusing the money to purchase cars, vacations, coastal resort properties, electronics, and other luxury items for themselves,” the FBI continued.

In April of 2026, the Justice Department said that as a result of ongoing investigations from the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, prosecutors have been able to convict over 70 people and track down an estimated $250 million in taxpayer dollars connected to the scheme. Federal investigations are still ongoing.

Despite the ongoing investigations, Democrat members of a Minnesota House committee did not support a subpoena against Omar. Minnesota Republicans led the effort to subpoena Omar after claiming she had ignored multiple requests for documents and testimony regarding the Feeding Our Future investigation.

According to Fox News, Omar’s name was brought up six times in the case of Aimee Bock, one of the leaders in the scandal. Bock has been convicted of wire fraud conspiracy and bribery. Omar’s name first surfaced in an email chain between her office and Bock in 2021, which had a subject line that read “Help with USDA Food Program.”

Omar and her office were named in several other email chains after the fact, including one between Bock and a Feeding Our Future employee, who fled the country in 2022 after being indicted.

Additionally, the co-owner of the Safari Restaurant, which hosted a victory rally for Omar when she was elected to Congress, was convicted by the DOJ in March of involvement in the food assistance fraud scandal.

In Washington, the House Oversight Committee probe and Omar’s alleged connections to Feeding Our Future have prompted some members of Congress to publicly comment on the congresswoman’s future in office, including Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla.

“We know there’s family members that are apparently involved in the fraud,” Fine told the Daily Signal. “We know that she’s refused to work with the Minnesota state legislature, which is trying to investigate the fraud.”

Fine accused Omar of refusing to comply with the state legislature’s investigation.

“So, look, she’s a disgusting person who shouldn’t be in the United States, let alone in Congress,” Fine said, adding that her refusal to cooperate “is because she’s guilty.”

“We know she comes from a culture, that is infused with a desire to rip off our welfare system,” the Florida congressman added.

Brother Husband?

Omar is also under scrutiny over long-standing allegations from high profile Republicans, such as President Donald Trump and Rep. Nancy Mace, that she committed immigration fraud by allegedly marrying her brother to gain entry into the United States.

“This was never a secret,” Mace told the Daily Signal. “Congress just looked the other way. We tried to get to the bottom of it. We brought a motion to subpoena the records and both parties teamed up to kill it. Washington always protects its own. No one, no matter how politically protected, should be above the law.”

Omar and her Democratic colleagues have repeatedly denied those allegations, saying they are attacks from political opponents and bigots seeking to derail a woman of color in Congress.

“We don’t despise her because she’s a black female,” Fine said. “That has nothing to do with it. It’s because she comes from a culture infused with the desire to hate America, rip us off, and rob us blind.”

“Frankly, if I was, if I was a black woman, if I was, I’m not, but if I was a black woman, I’d be offended that she tries to use me to get out of her crimes,” Fine continued.

Fine said he would support an effort to expel Omar from Congress if evidence of wrongdoing is substantiated.

“If lying on your disclosure form merits expulsion, then I would support that as well,” he said.