Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband dismissed concerns and snapped at reporters after Homeland Security agents raided their Washington home, as questions mounted over whether the congresswoman left the country.
Tim Mynett stepped out of the couple’s shared rental home in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and faced questions about the federal search that hit the residence days earlier. He walked their Golden Labrador Retriever, Teddy, took out the trash, and escorted one of his wife’s staffers, then made clear he wanted the cameras gone.
Reporters covering the scene pressed him on rumors that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., had left the United States after Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the home. Mynett rejected the idea that anything was wrong and framed his wife’s arrival in America as a childhood refugee story.
He told the journalists they were bothering the whole block.
"You guys are annoying the h*** out of all the neighbors around here, man,"
Mynett also said, “My wife came here when she was 12 years old as a child war refugee,” and, when asked about the probe, answered simply: “No concerns.”
Omar herself had not been seen publicly since the Monday raid. The search, carried out by Homeland Security Investigations, targeted immigration paperwork in a criminal fraud investigation. Agents reportedly seized her cellphone and passport. At least two relatives were reportedly subpoenaed, one of them identified in reporting as her sister, Sahra Noor.
Omar answered the raid in a statement that cast the operation as a political hit rather than a legitimate case. Just the News carried her response and her communications director’s defense.
"I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. 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."
Her communications director, Jacklyn Rogers, called the action an “outrageous abuse of power” and said the congresswoman “has done nothing wrong.” That is the office line. It does not erase the search warrant, the seized phone, or the subpoenas that followed.
Federal investigators have been examining the same core issues for some time, including questions tied to HSI’s search of the D.C. residence in the criminal immigration probe. Officials have not announced charges. They have also not withdrawn the investigation.
Reporting around the case has focused on immigration paperwork and a change to Omar’s listed birth year. Staff helped adjust the year from 1981 to 1982 in records at the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. The altered date appeared while she served in the Minnesota House and for months after she entered Congress.
That one-year shift matters under citizenship rules. If the earlier year was correct, she would have been 18 when her father naturalized; if 1982 is correct, she would have been 17 and able to claim automatic citizenship through him. The probe is examining whether the paperwork was honest. Separate coverage has noted that the federal effort appears aimed at citizenship paperwork rather than older side claims.
Mynett’s public posture, no concerns, refugee arrival at 12, collides with the fact that agents had a judge-approved warrant, took a phone, and reached relatives with subpoenas. Americans watching the case are left with a simple demand: produce the documents and explain the change.
Breitbart reported that HSI agents seized Omar’s cellphone during the Monday raid after a judge approved the search warrant, and that the Department of Justice had issued subpoenas to relatives. The same reporting noted a separate financial investigation into her reported net worth.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday her office is looking at Omar’s financial disclosures on shared net worth. Officials stressed that the money review is not the same case as the home raid. Pirro left little doubt about the standard she intends to apply.
"There are several investigations going on, and I don’t think there’s any question, but if there was a crime that was committed, it will be prosecuted."
The financial trail starts with Omar’s 2024 congressional disclosure. It listed business interests tied to Mynett valued between $6 million and $30 million. His winery share had been put between $1 million and $5 million. His stake in a venture capital advisory firm had been listed between $5 million and $25 million. After the filing drew scrutiny, the office amended the numbers. Equity interests were restated at $0. Omar’s office said the first version mistakenly reflected total equity instead of ownership interest and failed to account for liabilities.
That correction landed as agents were already moving on the immigration side of the case, including the seizure of Omar’s cellphone in the D.C. raid. Two tracks, same household, same week of public questions.
President Donald Trump weighed in Tuesday on Truth Social, zeroing in on the net-worth swing and the larger pattern of unanswered questions. He asked why a filing showed up to $30 million and then collapsed to a figure he described as $100,000, and he tied the issue to fraud concerns in Minnesota and to how Omar built her household wealth.
"Why did Ilhan Omar report a Net Worth of up to 30 Million Dollars just a short time ago, and then immediately say, “Oh, I made a mistake! It’s really $100,000.” Could it be that her highly paid accountant actually reported the money that was stolen from her fraudulent activities in Minnesota? Would something like that be possible? Do you think the accountant actually gave the right number the first time, 30 Million Dollars, and then she was forced to disavow because she never would have been able to report where that much money came from? She must have freaked out when she saw that money! Where did her house come from, where did her cars come from, and what about her lovely place in Washington, D.C.? I didn’t know that Congressmen and women made that kind of money, but I do know her husband, according to information and belief, makes almost nothing, so it couldn’t have come from him. How many people did she illegally bring into our Country from Somalia? America wants answers, and we want them, NOW!"
Those are the president’s questions. They match what investigators are already testing on paper: immigration filings, asset reporting, and whether the public record matches reality. Coverage has also examined whether the same fact pattern could support steps toward stripping citizenship after the home raid, a high bar that turns on proof, not press releases.
On Wednesday, the street-level picture was almost ordinary. A staffer arrived with two large Burger King bags. Security walked her to the door and stayed out front. Mynett handled the dog, the trash, and the press. Omar remained out of sight. The raid had already happened. The phone and passport were already in federal hands. The subpoenas were already out.
Omar’s team calls it intimidation. Mynett says he has no concerns. Federal agents obtained a warrant, searched a member of Congress’s residence, and opened a second look at her wealth disclosures. Taxpayers do not need a speech. They need the records, the timeline, and a straight account of how a birth year moved, how a fortune shrank on paper, and where the congresswoman is while her husband tells cameras everything is fine.
When federal agents hit a House member’s door over immigration paperwork, the country is entitled to facts, not spin, not silence, and not a lecture about who is allowed to ask.
