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Congresswoman Responds To Finance Allegations
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Congresswoman Responds To Finance Allegations

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has once again found herself in the headlines for reasons that raise more questions than answers. After publicly dismissing claims that she had joined the millionaire class as “ridiculous” and “categorically false,” Omar’s most recent financial disclosure tells a very different story. According to the Washington Free Beacon, the far-left “Squad” member and her husband, Tim Mynett, are now sitting on a fortune valued at up to $30 million — a staggering 3,500% increase from the year before.

The numbers speak for themselves. Omar’s disclosure, filed in May, shows her husband’s two businesses transforming virtually overnight from modest ventures into multi-million-dollar powerhouses. His winery, eStCru LLC, leapt from a reported valuation of just $15,000 to $50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024. But the real rocket ship was Rose Lake Capital, Mynett’s Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm. Last year, the firm had assets under $1,000. By the end of 2024, Omar reported Rose Lake Capital’s valuation at a jaw-dropping $5 million to $25 million.


And here’s the kicker: according to the disclosure, Rose Lake reported no income in 2024. That begs an obvious question — how does a firm jump from virtually nothing to tens of millions in assets in a single year, all while reporting no income? It’s the kind of financial sleight of hand that would attract scrutiny if almost anyone else tried it.

Critics point to Omar’s long history of funneling campaign funds into Mynett’s consulting firm — to the tune of $2.9 million — as the seed money that enabled this meteoric rise. First came the affair, then the marriage, then the access to funds. Now, seemingly overnight, the couple’s fortune has ballooned in a way that defies ordinary financial logic.


This isn’t just about numbers, though. Omar has cultivated an image as a progressive champion of the downtrodden, railing against oligarchs and wealth inequality. But when her own family’s fortune skyrockets at rates that would make Nancy and Paul Pelosi blush, the hypocrisy is hard to ignore.

It also comes with a personal sting of irony. Omar’s daughter recently made headlines for selling her old clothes online to scrape by — a bizarre contrast to the tens of millions now sitting in her mother’s financial disclosure. Maybe the problem wasn’t scarcity, but access.

Written by Arthur Higgens - September 2, 2025