Ilhan Omar HSI investigation intensified this week as federal agents searched the Minnesota congresswoman’s Washington, D.C., residence and relatives received subpoenas, while her husband, Tim Mynett, said he has “no concerns.”
Ilhan Omar HSI investigation leads to home search
Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search at the couple’s D.C. home early Monday as part of a criminal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration records, according to people familiar with the matter. The following day, at least two of Omar’s relatives were served subpoenas, including her sister, Sahra Noor, according to reports.
Mynett told reporters that his wife arrived in the United States at age 12 as a child war refugee and said he had “no concerns” about the inquiry.
Questions over birth year and naturalization
Separately, it was reported that Omar’s staff helped change her birth year in the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library from 1981 to 1982, with similar adjustments noted on Wikipedia and in media references. The 1982 birth year appeared during her tenure in the Minnesota House and into her early months in Congress.
Omar has said she became a U.S. citizen at 17 through derivative citizenship via her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, five years after leaving Somalia.
Omar denies wrongdoing, cites political attacks
The congresswoman has denied allegations of immigration fraud following the HSI raid. She posted on X that former President Donald Trump has targeted her with “baseless lies” for a decade and called the current scrutiny an escalation of political intimidation.
Financial disclosures face separate review
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office is also examining Omar’s financial disclosures concerning how she and Mynett reported their shared net worth. Interest in the filings grew after Omar’s 2024 congressional disclosure initially listed business interests tied to Mynett valued between $6 million and $30 million. Her office later said those figures were incorrect and amended the report.
The largest revisions involved Mynett’s holdings. His reported equity in a winery and a venture capital advisory firm, originally listed in ranges from $1 million to $25 million, now appear with no stated value. Omar’s office said Mynett has partners in both ventures and that the earlier disclosure reflected total business equity instead of his ownership share, and did not account for liabilities.
Omar continues to reject accusations of fraud as federal investigators review her immigration history and updated financial disclosures.
