Omar’s husband went from $51,000 to potentially $30 million in one year according to congressional financial disclosures. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer demanded records by February 19 to explain how a California winery and venture capital firm increased 140-fold while facing fraud lawsuits. Timothy Mynett’s resume shows two decades raising money for Democratic campaigns and zero documented business exits.
Mynett graduated from SUNY Albany in 2003 with a political science degree. He co-founded E Street Group in 2018 with William Hailer, another Democratic operative. Omar’s 2020 campaign paid the firm $2.9 million—78% of E Street’s total revenue and 56% of Omar’s campaign expenditures. Mynett married Omar in March 2020 after an affair began during the 2018 campaign. Omar cut ties with E Street after the election.
Mynett and Hailer launched eStCru LLC, a California winery, and Rose Lake Capital, a venture capital firm. In fall 2021, they approached D.C. restaurant owner Naeem Mohd promising a 200% return on $300,000 within 18 months, plus 10% monthly interest if late. Eighteen months passed. Mynett returned only the original $300,000, one month late. Mohd sued in October 2023 seeking $780,000. The lawsuit alleged the partners “fraudulently misrepresented… that eStCru LLC was a legitimate company.”
South Dakota cannabis companies sued Hailer’s eSt Ventures in 2022, claiming he promised triple returns on $3.54 million that never materialized. The settlement required $1.7 million, with $1.2 million unpaid.
By February 2024, eStCru’s bank account held $650. The website wine-purchasing portal doesn’t work. The phone is disconnected. The company couldn’t pay its winemaker. Yet Omar’s May 2025 disclosure valued eStCru at $1 million to $5 million. Her 2024 disclosure valued it at $15,001 to $50,000.
Omar’s 2023 disclosure valued Rose Lake Capital at $1 to $1,000. Her 2024 disclosure valued it at $5 million to $25 million. The firm’s website claims it manages $60 billion in assets but lists no employees, advisors, clients, or portfolio companies. Archived versions showed former U.S. ambassadors and Members of Congress as advisors. Current versions removed all names after scrutiny began. Omar reported Mynett’s 2023 income from Rose Lake as $15,001 to $50,000.
Omar lists full business valuations rather than Mynett’s ownership percentage. California records show Mynett as one of only two eStCru partners, not “several partners” as Omar claims.
On January 7, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace moved to subpoena immigration records for Omar during a House Oversight hearing on Minnesota fraud. Both parties voted to table the motion. Mace: “Democrats and Republicans teamed up to kill our motion to subpoena the records. Washington did what it always does, protect its own.”
Four weeks later, Comer sent his February 5 letter to Mynett requesting documents by February 19. The letter connects the investigation to “widespread fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs” that federal prosecutors estimate exceeds $9 billion. Comer requested audited financials, SEC filings, and travel records to Somalia, Kenya, or the United Arab Emirates.
President Trump stated DOJ is investigating Omar’s finances. Omar called the investigation a “political stunt” and “smear campaign.”
On January 7, both parties voted to block direct investigation through subpoena. Four weeks later, Comer requested the same information through a letter with no enforcement mechanism. Congressional financial disclosure requires members to report asset values but provides no penalty when those values lack documentation. The documents due February 19 will either arrive with audited proof, or they won’t arrive at all. Either outcome confirms what the blocked subpoena already demonstrated: when members report their families became millionaires overnight, institutional protection operates faster than accountability.
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