WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tim Mynett, the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was captured on camera by Fox News Digital entering the couple's shared Washington, D.C., residence on Tuesday afternoon, one day after Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant at the same property.
Mynett, a political consultant, was walking a yellow Labrador on a leash before entering the home. The scene came less than 24 hours after federal agents were seen carrying boxes from the residence to a van, according to a BBC crew that was on site Monday. The Department of Justice confirmed the search was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
"Today in the Washington DC area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation," a Justice Department spokesperson said.
Two sources close to the investigation told Fox News the raid was tied to a criminal fraud investigation into Omar's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child. The Justice Department declined to provide further details, and the nature of the warrant has not been made public.
A SECOND FRONT OPENS
The raid coincided with a separate announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who said her office is now investigating Omar's financial disclosures. Pirro's move follows the Office of Congressional Conduct dropping its own misconduct investigation into the congresswoman in September.
The financial questions center on a 2024 report that estimated Omar and Mynett possessed between $6 million and $30 million in assets. That filing valued Mynett's share in his winery at between $1 million and $5 million and his interest in a venture capital advisory firm at between $5 million and $25 million. In more recent records, both equity interests are listed at $0.Omar's office previously told Fox News Digital that Mynett has partners in both businesses and claimed the earlier disclosure mistakenly reflected the businesses' total equity rather than his ownership stake. The office also said the original filing listed assets without accounting for liabilities.
'I WILL NOT BE SILENCED'
Omar responded to Monday's search on social media, calling it an attempt by the Trump administration "to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement." She added: "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. I will not be silenced."
Omar's communications director, Jacklyn Rogers, called the raid "an outrageous abuse of power" and said the congresswoman "has done nothing wrong."
The timing of the raid — 22 days before the November midterm elections — has drawn scrutiny from Omar's allies and from outlets including the BBC, which noted the search will "surely lead to new accusations that Trump is using the government for his own political ends."
Our Take
Here's what the establishment media won't tell you: this isn't about politics. It's about paperwork, money, and whether a sitting member of Congress told the truth to the federal government — twice.
For years, Ilhan Omar has played the victim card whenever anyone asked a basic question about her immigration history or her family's finances. The answer was always the same: racist, Islamophobic, politically motivated. But you can't smear your way out of a judicially authorized search warrant. You can't call a grand jury a conspiracy theory. And you can't explain away a $25 million asset that suddenly became worth zero dollars on a public disclosure form.
Notice the pattern. The Office of Congressional Conduct drops its probe — and within weeks, a U.S. Attorney picks it up. That's not harassment. That's the system working exactly the way it's supposed to when career investigators see something the ethics committee was too timid to touch.
And notice who showed up at the house the very next day, walking the dog like nothing happened. Tim Mynett wasn't hiding. He was performing normalcy. But the cameras were there, and now so is the paperwork trail.
The congresswoman says she won't be silenced. Fine. Nobody is trying to silence her. She's free to explain, under oath, where the money went and how her father's immigration forms came together. That's not political persecution. That's called accountability — the same thing every American faces when the feds come knocking.
If Omar is innocent, she should welcome the chance to clear her name. Instead, she's calling the investigators criminals. Patriots, ask yourself: why would an innocent person do that?
