Trump announced DOJ and Congress were investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar's finances amid Minnesota fraud scandal

On January 26, 2026, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that "the DOJ and Congress are looking at 'Congresswoman' Illhan (sic) Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars," tying the claim to an ongoing Minnesota state-fraud scandal that had already prompted Trump to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Somalis in the state and surge federal immigration enforcement there. The same day, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters the administration was "very focused on getting to the bottom of" whether Omar was "connected to the fraud rings ... within her state and her own district." The Justice Department did not confirm an active case.

Trump's post followed a House Oversight Committee inquiry Chairman James Comer (R-KY) had already opened into Omar's reported net worth, which he said had increased roughly 3,500% in a single year through business interests held in her husband's name. Omar, a longtime critic of the administration, denied any wrongdoing and wrote on X that Trump's post was a "racist, creepy, and weird conspiracy theory"-adjacent "deflection," adding that "years of 'investigations' have found nothing."

Updates

2026-02-06 — House Oversight chairman formally requested husband's business records [4]

Chairman Comer sent a document request to Timothy Mynett, Omar's husband, seeking "all documents and communications related to the finances of eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC," the two companies whose reported value Comer said had grown from roughly $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024.

2026-04-17 — Amended disclosure sharply cut the reported net worth the claims relied on [5]

Congressional financial disclosures reviewed by the Wall Street Journal that Friday showed Omar had amended her filing, reducing the reported value of her and her husband's assets from between $6 million and $30 million to between $18,000 and $95,000. Omar's office attributed the discrepancy to an accountant's failure to account for liabilities when valuing her husband's companies, saying the correction was made "as soon as the discrepancy was identified" and that "the congresswoman is not a millionaire."

2026-04-20 — Comer said Omar may have committed a felony over the disclosure discrepancy [6]

Appearing on Fox News's "Hannity," House Oversight Chairman James Comer said Omar's amended financial disclosure, which cut her reported net worth by tens of millions of dollars, could reflect more than an accounting error: "If she lied about it, that's a felony." Omar's attorney said relying on accountants for the filings is standard practice and that "nothing illegal has occurred."