Why did Ilhan Omar’s net worth suddenly drop by $30 million?

House investigators are being urged to examine Rep. Ilhan Omar’s amended financial filings.

By World Israel News Staff

House Republicans are calling for an investigation into the finances of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) after her reported net worth was dramatically revised from as much as $30 million to less than $95,000, amid renewed scrutiny surrounding the largest fraud scandal in Minnesota history.

According to a Fox News report, Omar attributed the discrepancy to an “accounting error” and previously undisclosed liabilities. She submitted an amended financial disclosure after an earlier filing indicated that she and her third husband, political consultant Tim Mynett, held assets worth up to $30 million.

After the figure drew widespread attention, Omar filed revised paperwork stating that the couple’s assets were worth between $18,004 and $95,000.

“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,” an attorney representing Omar told The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the financial questions. “While the error is, of course, unfortunate, there is nothing untoward, and nothing illegal has occurred.”

Tom Fitton, president of watchdog group Judicial Watch, expressed skepticism about Omar’s explanation.

“Ilhan Omar says her congressional financial reports have massive accounting error,” Fitton wrote on X. “She and her husband only worth 18k-86k, NOT $6 million-$30 million! Previously unreported ‘liabilities’ erase wealth!” he added sarcastically.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has advocated for a congressional probe into both Omar’s financial disclosures and her alleged connections to the Feed Our Future fraud scheme, which involved the theft of approximately $250 million in Minnesota taxpayer funds under the guise of nutrition programs.

The scheme’s central figure, Aimee Bock, was recently sentenced to 42 years in federal prison for her role in the fraud.

The connection between Omar and the Feed Our Future scandal remains unclear, although evidence in the trial against Bock included communications between her office and the lawmaker.

The content of those emails was not disclosed to the public.