{"id":666130,"date":"2026-09-10T14:29:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666130"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:29:51","slug":"ilhan-omars-millions-vanished-on-paper-and-the-ethics-watchdog-says-theres-no-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666130","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar\u2019s millions vanished on paper \u2014 and the ethics watchdog says there\u2019s no case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a surprising turn of events, a congressional ethics watchdog group has cleared Rep. Ilhan Omar of all financial wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The drama surrounding Omar\u2019s finances started last year when she filed a disclosure<\/a> stating that companies owned by her and her husband were worth $6 million to $30 million \u2014 way more than her prior reported wealth. The disclosure prompted congressional Republicans to demand an explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of questions as to how her husband accumulated so much wealth over the past two years,\u201d House Oversight Committee chairperson James Comer told the New York Post<\/a> in January. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible. It\u2019s not. I\u2019m a money guy. It\u2019s not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\"NEW\"\ud83d\udea8\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019m demanding financial information from companies linked to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n

His companies reportedly went from $51K to $30 MILLION in one year \u2014 with zero investor information.<\/p>\n

So we want to know:<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s funding this?<\/p>\n

And who\u2019s buying access? pic.twitter.com\/mDluOqE9Wg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In a letter written to Omar\u2019s husband, Timothy Mynett, Comer expounded further<\/a> on the discrepancy and suggested that the congresswoman was selling influence the way former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinancial 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,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Yet according to the Office of Congressional Conduct, all the concern from Comer was for nothing. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Wednesday that the watchdog office voted 5-1 this week to recommend that the House Ethics Committee drop the whole case.<\/p>\n

The report said there wasn\u2019t \u201csubstantial reason to believe\u201d Omar or her husband had done anything wrong.<\/p>\n

The congresswoman proudly touted the final report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Office of Congressional Conduct delivered an overwhelming vote to dismiss any allegations against the Congresswoman,\u201d her communications director told the Tribune. \u201cFrom day one, we have been clear: The Congresswoman is not a millionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The communications director added that Omar \u201cdid nothing wrong.\u201d They also slammed Comer\u2019s efforts to investigate as an attempt to \u201cmanufacture controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evidently, Omar had simply made a \u201cmistake\u201d \u2014 one that she later rectified by amending her disclosure filing<\/a> and reducing her and her husband\u2019s reported assets from millions to just $18,004 to $95,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe discrepancy largely involved two businesses connected to Mynett: a venture-capital management firm in Washington, D.C., and a winery in Santa Rosa, Calif,\u201d according to the Tribune. \u201cThe initial filing valued the businesses at between $6 million and $30 million. The amended filing listed them as having no value after liabilities were taken into account.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to CBS News<\/a>, Omar has claimed that this discrepancy was the result of an accountant\u2019s mistake.<\/p>\n

The Office of Congressional Conduct did not appear to address a separate accusation, one made by Comer, that Mynett had swindled an investor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2021, you reportedly promised a Washington, D.C. area restaurant owner a 200 percent return on a $300,000 investment in eStCru within eighteen months, plus 10 percent monthly interest if that return was not paid on time,\u201d Comer wrote in his January letter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, you did not return the money until the investor sued you for fraud in October 2023,\u201d he added. \u201cThe lawsuit alleges that you, \u2018fraudulently misrepresented \u2026 that eStCru LLC was a legitimate company.\u2019 Media reports in 2024 also indicate that eStCru was in financial distress and could not pay its winemaker in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even stranger still, eStCru\u2019s valuation increased by up to $5 million in a single year despite its alleged financial distress.<\/p>\n

Mynett is also linked to a cannabis company that made \u201cfantastical promises\u201d that never materialized.<\/p>\n

Mynett specifically\u00a0co-founded eSt Ventures with his business partner Will Hailer. This company was linked to a 2022 investment deal with South Dakota cannabis entrepreneurs operating Dakota Natural Growers and 605 Cannabis.<\/p>\n

According to lawsuits and reports, Hailer promised the entrepreneurs that if they invested $3.54 million, eSt Ventures could more than triple their capital within days or weeks to fund growth operations and a testing facility, claiming to have secured $6 million from outside investors and another $1.5 million locally.<\/p>\n

Throughout the summer of 2022, Hailer allegedly provided repeated assurances that millions in funding were imminent, but these promises did not materialize.<\/p>\n

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In a surprising turn of events, a congressional ethics watchdog group has cleared Rep. Ilhan Omar of all financial wrongdoing. The drama surrounding Omar\u2019s finances started last year when she filed a disclosure stating that companies owned by her and her husband were worth $6 million to $30 million \u2014 way more than her prior… Continue reading Ilhan Omar\u2019s millions vanished on paper \u2014 and the ethics watchdog says there\u2019s no case<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/666123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}