Posted on 11/17/2020 2:21:24 PM PST by SJackson
Omar denied impropriety but terminated financial ties to avoid perception of issues
Rep. Ilhan Omar is reportedly severing financial ties with her husband's political consulting firm after previous payments totaling nearly $2.8 million ignited scrutiny and complaints to a campaign finance watchdog.
In an email to supporters on Sunday, Omar, D-Minn., said her campaign was terminating its contract with E Street Group to “make sure that anybody who is supporting our campaign with their time or financial support feels there is no perceived issue with that support,” according to the Star Tribune, which first reported the news.
The contract was a lucrative one for E Street Group LLC, which is owned by Omar's now-husband Tim Mynett: Her campaign reported paying the firm more than $1.6 million from the beginning of 2019 through July 22, 2020, according to Federal Election Commission data, on top of another $1.1 million in the third quarter of this year alone.
A spokesperson for Omar did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment. E Street Group also did not respond to a request for comment.
“Every dollar that was spent went to a team of more than twenty that were helping us fight back against attacks and organize on the ground and online in a COVID-19 world,” Omar wrote in the email. “And Tim — beyond his salary at the firm — received no profit whatsoever from the consulting relationship the firm provided.”
Those payments previously prompted a conservative group to file a complaint to the FEC last year, alleging Omar's campaign had illegally used campaign funds to pay for the personal travel expenses of Mynett. The FEC has not taken public action regarding the complaint.
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$2.8 million isn't a bad year. A long way from Somalia. Maybe one of the other squad members is married, he can work for them, their spouse can work for Ilhan.
She is “severing the relationship” because she has completed the transfer of her election funds to his account; thus there is no money left to transfer.
Is this her biological brother? Or is it another husband?
Where is she getting $2.8 million to pay that firm. It’s not like it’s her own personal cash, right? RIGHT????
until next election time
Scrutiny? Why? If you are a dem politician, you’re allowed to steal as much as you want?
It won’t be long before Ilhan is as rich as Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi. They could get re-elected in those districts with a campaign fund of $5,000.00, yet they raise millions in campaign money that goes to their friends and relatives who kick back money to the congress crooks.
Another husband. Her campaign manager or something like that.
No, this is a new one, her third though I think she married one of them twice. She married him 8 months ago. Not bad for a 38 year old.
That poor dear. She only had $2.8 million to hand over to her husband - an obvious sign of systemic racism. If America were not so irredeemably racist, she could have given $10 million to him.
Yes.
Now that she thinks biden has won, her eyes are set on bigger things...
FoxNews is reporting this. I wonder what the truth is?
What a coincidence - election is over, she won - no big deal. She thinks that people will fall for this? Well, I guess the FEC did as they haven’t done anything since the complaint was filed last year. And she’ll get to take the oath again in January. Is this a great country or what? Every stinkin’ one of that “squad” need to be hauled off when that oath is given - LYING UNDER OATH.. When did an oath become something to be taken lightly? Not only from the “squad” but every progressive in the House!!! It’s a meaningless exercise and time to call it what it is.
Is she boffing someone else now or is she just trying to stay out of trouble?
Goin’ down the memory hole.Old news tomorrow. Not news by Saturday.
It’s probably how she was paying those bribes. Now she doesn’t have to pay them anymore.
Nice little racket that pos has set up.
She’s the one who married her brother.
“Tim — beyond his salary at the firm — received no profit whatsoever from the consulting relationship the firm provided.””
If that’s true, no wonder they needed to switch to a more profitable front company.
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