Tim Mynett, the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was spotted returning to the couple’s shared Washington, D.C., residence Tuesday afternoon — one day after federal Homeland Security Investigations agents raided the home as part of a criminal fraud investigation into the congresswoman’s immigration paperwork.
Fox News Digital captured Mynett on camera walking a yellow Labrador on a leash before entering the residence that HSI agents had searched early Monday morning.
His appearance came the same day U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced her office is investigating Omar’s financial disclosures about the couple’s reported wealth.
Two sources close to the investigation say the raid was part of a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.
The charges remain allegations. The case has not been proven in court.
Mynett, a political consultant, sits at the center of one of Omar’s most prominent financial controversies. Omar’s financial disclosure filings decreased significantly in reported worth within the span of one filing period — raising questions that Pirro’s office is now investigating.
The controversy began when a 2024 financial report estimated that Omar and Mynett possessed between $6 million and $30 million in assets — a massive sum that drew scrutiny as a major fraud scandal within Minnesota’s Somali community was coming to light.
The largest change in the documents came from Mynett’s assets. His reported ownership interests in both his winery and venture capital advisory firm — previously valued in the millions of dollars — are now listed with no value.
In Omar’s 2024 financial disclosure records, Mynett’s share in his winery was valued between $1 million and $5 million, and his share at the venture capital advisory firm was valued between $5 million and $25 million. Now, his equity interests are both listed at $0.
Omar’s office previously told Fox News Digital that Mynett has partners in both businesses and said the earlier disclosure mistakenly reflected the businesses’ total equity rather than his ownership interest. The office also said the original filing listed assets without accounting for liabilities.
Mynett was a partner of a firm that worked on Omar’s 2020 re-election campaign. The two announced their marriage in March 2020.
This is Omar’s third marriage — but not her most controversial. The Squad Democrat has also come under fire for her first marriage to a man many alleged to be her brother. Critics and skeptics claim the two married as part of an immigration scheme.
When White House border czar Tom Homan first announced a criminal investigation into Omar, many speculated it would be related to the allegations that she married her brother to evade United States immigration laws. But a former federal prosecutor recently confirmed to Fox News Digital that the statute of limitations would make opening an investigation into the matter difficult.
A Department of Justice spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the judicially authorized search warrant for Monday’s raid was obtained by the DOJ as part of an ongoing federal investigation.
Pirro’s announcement Tuesday opens a new chapter of investigations into the Minnesota Democrat after the Office of Congressional Conduct dropped its misconduct investigation into Omar in September.
