NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar is demanding the public release of documents related to the NLPC-triggered investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) by the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC). The panel cleared Omar of wrongdoing regarding her false financial disclosures that originally showed that her husband Tim Mynett’s two businesses were worth between $6 and $30 million.
From the New York Post:
Paul Kamenar of the National Legal and Policy Center called it “stunning” that the Office of Congressional Conduct voted 5-1 to recommend the House Ethics Committee dismiss a probe of Omar, after Omar’s office cited the “overwhelming” vote.
OCC is a separate body from the House Ethics Committee Its six-member Board is composed of private citizens, including former House Clerks or Members, some of whom were appointed by Nancy Pelosi. It conducts its own investigations and makes referrals to the Ethics Committee.
For 2024, Omar reported the $6 to $30 million figure as assets on her disclosure report.. Following an NLPC complaint to OCC, Omar amended her amended her 2024 report in April 2026 to show what we suspected all along, that the couple’s assets were far less, worth only between $18,000 and $95,000, shifting the blame to her accountant. Click here to read the Complaint.
Her 2025 disclosure further confirmed Mynett’s business failures and shady practices. His venture capital firm called Rose Capital LLC and a winery called eStCru, were reported to have no value. Only the winery supposedly produced income, in the range of only $201 to $1,000.
Mynett is a former political consultant with a sketchy past. In apparent response to an NLPC complaint to the Federal Election Commission in 2019, Omar stopped using Mynett’s firm, her married boyfriend at the time, through which 80% of her campaign spending had been routed. The appearance was that the couple were benefitting personally from contributions to her campaign.
“This vote clearly underscores that the congresswoman did nothing wrong, and attempts by the far right to manufacture controversy and distract from the facts are pathetic and nothing more than a desperate distraction from their own failures,” Omar spokeswoman Jacklyn Rogers told the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the OCC dismissal.
According to Kamenar, “The OCC only recommended a dismissal to the House Ethics Committee, and we call upon the Committee to do its job and not sweep this illegal conduct under the rug,”
Also from the New York Post:
Kamenar also took a shot at term-limited House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who told The Post earlier this year he might subpoena Omar’s husband Tim Mynett, whose businesses accounted for the stunning temporary asset gain, only to later back off and defer to the Ethics panel.
Comer “seemed to drop the ball on his committee’s investigation of her husband who is not subject to jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee,” said Kamenar.
Comer’s staff shifted blame to the Ethics Committee. “The House Oversight Committee referred the matter months ago to the House Ethics Committee and encouraged it to do its job and review the concerning allegations,” a House Oversight Committee spokeswoman told the Post.
“There are serious allegations of Mynett’s misconduct in managing his now defunct venture fund that include wire fraud and money laundering that needs to be investigated,” Kamenar added.
“While the House Ethics Committee, acting on NLPC’s ethics complaint, did sanction Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for violating House Gift Rules regarding her attendance at the Met Gala in 2023, its track record in disciplining House Members is feeble.”
