{"id":687645,"date":"2026-10-16T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=687645"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:30:00","slug":"watch-ilhan-omars-husband-snaps-at-reporter-over-rumors-congresswoman-fled-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=687645","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Husband Snaps At Reporter Over Rumors Congresswoman Fled Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Watch: Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Husband Snaps At Reporter Over Rumors Congresswoman Fled Country<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s (D-MN) husband snapped at reporters after being confronted over rumors that the Minnesota Democrat fled the United States following a federal raid on the couple&#8217;s Washington, D.C., home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim Mynett, a political consultant married to the far-left congresswoman, was approached by a Fox News reporter while walking the couple&#8217;s dog Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are rumors that the congresswoman left the country, is that true?&#8221; a reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>Mynett sidestepped the question and expressed frustration with the media presence outside their residence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>You guys are annoying the hell out of all the neighbors around here, man<\/strong>,&#8221; he barked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">SPOTTED: Ilhan Omar&#8217;s husband Tim Mynett snapped at questions surrounding rumors that the congresswoman fled the country following a federal raid by Homeland Security Investigations. He was seen outside their Washington, D.C., home multiple times, but Omar has not been spotted&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HuD7yETtmk\">pic.twitter.com\/HuD7yETtmk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/foxnewspolitics\/status\/2110825977442082984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The tense exchange comes amid questions about Omar&#8217;s whereabouts following Monday&#8217;s reported raid by Homeland Security Investigations agents.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday morning, Federal investigators searched the congresswoman&#8217;s home as part of an investigation examining alleged irregularities in her family&#8217;s immigration paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities seized Omar&#8217;s cellphone and passport during the operation, while several relatives have received subpoenas, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/doj-issues-subpoenas-probe-rep-ilhan-omars-immigration-status-family-m-rcna603444\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The investigation centers on questions surrounding Omar&#8217;s immigration history, including alleged discrepancies involving her reported birth year<\/strong> that could potentially affect the circumstances under which she obtained American citizenship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/ilhan-omar-investigation-aims-to-build-case-for-stripping-her-citizenship-6adf1edc\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a defiant statement, Omar&#8217;s office denounced the investigation as politically motivated and reaffirmed that she had done nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This raid by Trump&#8217;s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies. For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/omar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/office-rep-ilhan-omar-statement-dhs-raid\">statement<\/a> read. &#8220;Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Mynett dismissed concerns about the investigation, insisting his wife entered the U.S. legally as a child refugee from Somalia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;My wife came here when she was 12 years old as a child war refugee,&#8221;<\/strong> he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-husband-insists-no-concerns-federal-immigration-investigation\">Fox News<\/a>. &#8220;No concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Omar has faced separate scrutiny over financial disclosures involving business interests tied her husband that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmd.com\/2026\/07\/09\/omars-disclosures-erased-millions-leaving-her-with-potential-negative-net-worth-she-wont-explain-why\/\">reported<\/a> as being worth as much as $30 million.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker&#8217;s office subsequently amended the filings, attributing discrepancies to reporting errors.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, oops&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">WaPo, while attempting to exonerate Ilhan Omar, actually reported some incredibly new, damning information. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s second husband &#8211; the one alleged to be her brother &#8211; applied for a green card, was asked about the marriage, and then withdrew his application.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/2111100265348902947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 10\/16\/2026 &#8211; 14:30<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch: Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Husband Snaps At Reporter Over Rumors Congresswoman Fled Country Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s (D-MN) husband snapped at reporters after being confronted over rumors that the Minnesota Democrat fled the United States following a federal raid on the couple&#8217;s Washington, D.C., home. Tim Mynett, a political consultant married to the far-left congresswoman, was approached&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=687645\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watch: Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Husband Snaps At Reporter Over Rumors Congresswoman Fled Country<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-687645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/687645","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=687645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=687645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=687645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=687645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}