Pirro Says Her Office Is Investigating Ilhan Omar’s Financial Disclosures
Federal prosecutors are reviewing Rep. Ilhan Omar’s financial disclosures, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Tuesday night, one day after agents searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington home in a separate reported investigation.
Pirro confirmed the financial inquiry during an appearance on Fox News. The search Monday concerned questions about Omar’s family immigration history, according to reports. Officials have not said the two matters are connected.
Asked about an earlier congressional ethics review of Omar’s disclosures, Pirro said her office was examining the issue as well.
“We’re looking at the facts,” Pirro said, adding that prosecutors would “follow them wherever they take us.”
Pirro argued that a congressional review does not prevent federal authorities from independently examining the records.
The financial questions involve businesses tied to Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett. A disclosure filed last year placed the couple’s reported assets in a range of $6 million to $30 million. Omar later amended the filing to report a much lower range, with her team attributing the earlier figures to accounting errors involving the businesses’ liabilities.
Because disclosure forms report broad value ranges, they do not establish a precise net worth. The difference between the original and amended figures has nevertheless prompted questions about how the numbers were calculated.
Pirro did not announce charges or say prosecutors had determined that Omar knowingly filed false information.
The Office of Congressional Conduct previously examined allegations related to the disclosures and recommended that the House Ethics Committee dismiss them, citing insufficient grounds to proceed. After Pirro’s comments, Omar’s office pointed Axios to coverage of that recommendation.
The watchdog’s recommendation is a significant part of the record. It does not prevent prosecutors from reviewing the underlying documents, and Pirro’s announcement does not establish that wrongdoing occurred.
Omar’s team says the original figures failed to account properly for liabilities. Investigators can review the records behind that explanation and decide whether further action is warranted.
The timing has drawn added attention because the financial review was disclosed shortly after agents searched Omar’s home under a judicially authorized warrant connected to the separate inquiry. Omar accused the Trump administration of targeting political opponents and weaponizing federal law enforcement.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Omar and questioned her finances. After Pirro’s appearance, he suggested she benefited from fraud in Minnesota, but offered no evidence for that claim. His accusation is not an investigative finding. Omar’s charge of political targeting, likewise, does not establish that prosecutors lack a legitimate basis for reviewing the disclosures.
The public has a clear interest in understanding how the reported figures changed. At the same time, an investigation is not a conviction, and the congressional watchdog’s recommendation should not be omitted from the account.
Pirro provided no public timetable or detailed description of the records reviewed, Axios reported. For now, prosecutors have confirmed an inquiry, but not its outcome.