WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Tim Mynett complained about reporters as rumors spread that Rep. Ilhan Omar had left the country following a federal raid.
- Homeland Security Investigations is examining Omar’s immigration paperwork, while her cellphone and passport were reportedly seized.
- At least two of Omar’s relatives reportedly received subpoenas, including her sister, Sahra Noor.
- A separate investigation is examining financial disclosures that once valued Mynett’s business interests between $6 million and $30 million.
Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar has not been seen publicly since federal agents raided her Washington, D.C., residence Monday, but her husband, Tim Mynett, repeatedly emerged from their shared rental home Wednesday. Fox News Digital approached him as rumors spread that the congresswoman had left the country.
Mynett was first seen walking the couple’s Golden Labrador Retriever, Teddy. He later stepped outside to take out the trash, then appeared a third time while walking out one of his wife’s staffers.
During an evening walk with Teddy, Mynett was asked, “There are rumors that the congresswoman left the country; is that true?” Rather than answer the question directly, he complained about the attention around the neighborhood.
“You guys are annoying the hell out of all the neighbors around here, man,” Mynett told Fox News Digital. The question came amid developments surrounding the federal investigation and public comments from President Donald Trump.
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One of Omar’s congressional staffers was also recorded carrying two large Burger King bags into the couple’s home Wednesday. Security escorted the staffer to the door and remained positioned outside after she entered with the food.
Homeland Security Investigations conducted Monday’s raid as part of a criminal fraud investigation into Omar’s immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital first reported. Omar’s cellphone and passport were reportedly seized by federal authorities during the search.
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Reports said Omar’s staff helped change her birth year from 1981 to 1982 in the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. The issue could affect the account of how she obtained citizenship through her father’s naturalization.
Omar reportedly received citizenship automatically because she was 17 years old when her father became a citizen. If she had been born in 1981, she would have been 18 years old and no longer a minor, potentially threatening the validity of that citizenship pathway.
The changed birthdate remained published throughout Omar’s service in the Minnesota House and for months after she entered Congress. The investigation has now placed renewed scrutiny on those records and the paperwork surrounding her immigration history.
When Fox News Digital asked Mynett about the federal investigation earlier in the week, he said he had “no concerns” about what authorities would discover. “My wife came here when she was 12 years old as a child war refugee,” Mynett said. “No concerns.”
His remarks came after Omar’s relatives were reportedly issued subpoenas connected to the Homeland Security Investigations inquiry. At least two relatives received subpoenas, and one was reportedly Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor.
Trump also publicly questioned Omar’s finances after a previous financial disclosure listed the couple’s shared net worth as high as $30 million. In a Tuesday Truth Social post, Trump contrasted that figure with Omar’s subsequent claim that the correct amount was $100,000 and raised questions about where the money originated.
“America wants answers, and we want them, NOW!” Trump wrote after asking about Omar’s home, cars, and Washington, D.C., residence. He also claimed, according to information and belief, that Mynett makes almost nothing.
Mynett is separately at the center of scrutiny surrounding Omar’s finances. After Monday’s raid, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday that her office is investigating Omar’s financial disclosures concerning the couple’s reported net worth.
Omar’s 2024 congressional financial disclosure valued business interests associated with Mynett between $6 million and $30 million. Omar’s office later said those figures were incorrect and amended the filing.
The largest revisions involved Mynett’s reported interests in a winery and a venture capital advisory firm. His winery share had been listed between $1 million and $5 million, while his share in the advisory firm had been listed between $5 million and $25 million.
The amended filing lists both equity interests at $0. Omar’s office previously told Fox News Digital that Mynett has partners in both businesses and that the original disclosure mistakenly reflected total business equity rather than his individual ownership interest.
The office also said the first filing reported assets without accounting for liabilities. Officials noted that the financial disclosure investigation is separate from the Homeland Security Investigations raid and the inquiry involving Omar’s immigration paperwork.
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