From New York Post · · 1m 30s
A $30 million mystery gets waved through
A House panel voted to drop the probe into Ilhan Omar's vanishing millions, and the watchdog that filed the complaint is not letting it go.
In brief
A House panel voted to drop the probe into Ilhan Omar's vanishing millions, and the watchdog that filed the complaint is not letting it go. The ethics panel is not bound by the advisory vote, so the only thing that settles the $30 million gap is the financial paperwork nobody has demanded yet. Originally reported by…
The watchdog pushes back
The National Legal and Policy Center, which filed the original complaint, wants the House Ethics Committee to pull Omar's financial documents instead of closing the file quietly.
A 5-1 vote to walk away
The Office of Congressional Conduct voted 5-1 to recommend dismissal. Omar's office called the vote overwhelming. Paul Kamenar called it stunning.
“there is not substantial reason to believe that Rep. Omar reported false or incomplete information”
Thirty million, then nothing
Omar's 2024 form listed assets worth up to $30 million. The next year's filing put them under $100,000, with her husband earning as little as $200 from the winery and venture firm.
Blame the accountant
Omar's office said she is not involved in her husband's businesses and trusted the accountant, though she personally signed the 2024 form before amending it a year later.
“Her excuse that their accountant was so stupid that he valued the assets without considering the liabilities is laughable”
Timed to the blackout
News of the decision landed just past the start of a 60-day blackout beginning Sept. 4, when the Ethics Committee cannot open an inquiry this close to an election.
Everyone defers to everyone
Comer floated subpoenaing Tim Mynett, then backed off and deferred to Ethics, which has no jurisdiction over him. The evenly split panel can still act after the elections.
“The Committee on Ethics is never bound by any recommendation from OCC”
The one thing
The ethics panel is not bound by the advisory vote, so the only thing that settles the $30 million gap is the financial paperwork nobody has demanded yet.
