Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed major accounting errors for suggesting she’s a millionaire after a congressional financial disclosure gained Republicans’ attention.
The Minnesota Democrat’s disclosure filed last year showed her and her husband’s estimated holdings were between $6 million and $30 million. But an amended filing shows that Ms. Omar and her husband, Tim Mynett, owned assets between $18,000 and $95,000, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The revised disclosure came after the Office of Congressional Conduct requested additional information earlier this year, according to The Journal.
Ms. Omar’s attorney wrote to the watchdog, saying the inaccurate filing was unintentional and came from reliance on accountants.
“As the busiest of people, it is very common for members and their spouses to rely on learned professionals like accountants to make calculations and determinations that appear on public filings,” the attorney wrote, according to The Journal. “While the error is of course unfortunate, there is nothing untoward and nothing illegal has occurred.”
Ms. Omar’s spokeswoman, Jacklyn Rogers, told The Journal that the filing was corrected “as soon as the discrepancy was identified.”
“The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire,” Ms. Rogers said.
The inflated figures can be traced back to Mr. Mynett’s two businesses — a winery and a venture capital firm.
A 2025 financial disclosure filing previously valued her husband’s business interests in the millions, but the businesses were listed in the amended filing as having no net value once liabilities were factored in, according to The Journal.
The amended filing shows that Ms. Omar reported between $102,503 and $1,005,200 in income in 2024 from her and Mr. Mynett’s assets, reported the newspaper.
But assets as high as $30 million prompted Republicans to question how the massive discrepancy went unflagged. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, sent a February letter to Ms. Omar’s husband raising concerns about the financial disclosures and requesting financial records.
Ms. Omar may now face an investigation pushed by President Trump and House Republicans, the outlet reported.
