Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, offered a remarkably brief response when a Fox News reporter asked him about the pre-dawn raid on their Washington, D.C.-area home and the federal investigations surrounding Omar’s immigration paperwork and finances.
Mynett was walking his dog on Tuesday when the reporter approached him and asked, “Tim, tell us: do you have a reaction to the raid and the investigations that are going on?”
His answer was short. “Eh, my wife came here when she was 12 years old,” Mynett replied. “She was a child refugee.”
As he continued walking away, he added, “No concerns.” That was the entire public response, at least in the exchange described in the report. No lengthy explanation, no detailed defense, and apparently no desire to stop for a sidewalk news conference.
Fox News Digital reported that federal agents raided the residence early Monday morning as part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into Omar’s immigration paperwork. The investigation reportedly involves documents completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child. The case has also raised questions about paperwork and financial matters connected to the congresswoman.
Omar’s relatives have now been pulled into the investigation as well. At least two relatives were subpoenaed, with one identified as her sister, Sahra Noor. Subpoenas tend to be the government’s way of making sure a story does not remain limited to carefully worded public statements, so the development is significant even as the investigation continues.
According to information on Omar’s website, she arrived in the United States in March 1995 at age 12. She came with her family as a Somali refugee after spending approximately four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000, at age 17.
The broader investigation could have serious consequences, including the possibility of deportation, according to the report. For now, Mynett says he has “no concerns,” while federal agents continue examining the paperwork and investigators issue subpoenas to family members.
Fox News Politics shared video of the exchange and described the investigations as mounting.
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