Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she is not a millionaire and blamed a major accounting error after congressional financial disclosures scrutinized her wealth by more than $30 million from Republicans and a congressional watchdog.
Revised filings reviewed by The Wall Street Journal show Omar and her husband’s assets to be between $18,004 and $95,000, a sharp drop from earlier disclosures that estimated their holdings at between $6 million and $30 million.
“The redacted disclosure confirms what we’ve been saying: Congresswomen are not millionaires,” Omar spokeswoman Jacqueline Rogers told the Journal, adding that the file was corrected “as soon as the discrepancy was identified.”
The revised disclosure came after the Office of Congressional Conduct requested more information earlier this year, according to the Journal.
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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., poses for a portrait in her office on Capitol Hill on Dec. 10, 2025.
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Omar’s lawyer said in a letter to the watchdog that the false filings stemmed from negligence and reliance on accountants.
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“As busy individuals, it is very common for members and their spouses to rely on learned professionals such as accountants to make calculations and determinations that appear in public files,” the lawyer wrote, according to the Journal. “While the error is certainly unfortunate, there is nothing untoward, and nothing illegal.”
The revised filing shows Omar reported income between $102,503 and $1,005,200 in 2024 from her and her husband’s assets, according to the Journal. Documents attached to the attorney’s letter showed her husband received $213,200 in distributions from his venture capital management firm and $3,000 from a winery.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, and Tim Minette arrive to attend a state banquet hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in honor of Kenyan President William Ruto, May 23, 2024, at the White House in Washington, DC.
According to tax documents cited by the Journal, a 2025 email between Omar’s husband and his accountant valued the venture capital firm at $7.9 million and the winery at $1.5 million, even though he owns about a third of both businesses.
The updated disclosure also shows Omar has between $15,001 and $50,000 in student loan debt and a similar amount in credit card debt.
The discrepancy had already drawn scrutiny from House Republicans, who questioned how such a large swing in reported wealth could have been uncovered.
In a February letter to Omar’s husband, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., raised concerns about financial disclosures showing the value of two companies, eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital, increased from tens of thousands of dollars in 2023 to $30 million in 2024.
Comer said the sudden increase “raises concerns that unknown individuals may have invested to gain influence” and requested financial records related to the businesses.
According to the Associated Press, Omar’s office pushed back on Comer’s request, describing it as a “political stunt” and part of the campaign “for fundraising, not actual oversight.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar sits with husband Tim Mynette during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024 at the United Center in Chicago.
A 2025 financial disclosure filing previously listed Omar’s husband’s business interests in the millions, including a winery worth between $1 million and $5 million and a venture capital firm worth between $5 million and $25 million.
Those valuations were later revised in an amended filing, according to the Journal, listing the businesses as having no net worth once the liabilities are broken down.
Omar, a progressive Democrat originally from Somalia and a member of “The Party,” has frequently clashed with President Donald Trump since he was first elected in 2018 and has long been the target of Republican criticism.
Trump has suggested Omar benefited from a broader Minnesota welfare fraud scam involving many people from the Somali community, a claim she has denied.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton weighed in on the revised filing, explaining how previously unreported liabilities wiped out millions in reported assets.
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“Ilhan Omar says her congressional financial report contains major accounting errors,” Fitton wrote in X. “She and her husband alone are worth 18k-86k, not $6 million-$30 million! Previously unreported ‘liabilities wipe out assets!”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Omar’s office for comment and will update this story with any response.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Original article source: Ilhan Omar’s office says he’s ‘not a millionaire’ after revising $30M filing to less than $100K: Report
