Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar slammed President Donald Trump over his claim that the Department of Justice will investigate an increase in her net worth over the past years.
“They told me to stop believing what that man says. I don’t know why you keep asking me about what that man says. Nothing he says is true. It has never been,” she said in Congress.
“Just because you’re president doesn’t mean you’re a truthful person. That man is a liar and delusional. Obviously needs to get some help. His obsession with me is way too much,” she added.
Trump made the claim in late January, saying in a social media publication that Omar “left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars.”
A recent report from Yahoo Finance noted that other publications claimed that Omar’s net worth had surged to as much as $30 million after disclosing a negative net worth when elected to Congress in 2019.
The 2025 document, the report added, listed two large assets tied to her husband, Tim Mynett, which could have amounted to a figure between $6 million and $30 million.
Omar has reacted to the claims, responding to a social media publication and saying that “the value range listed for the assets reflects the full cost assessment of the businesses, in which my husband is one of several partners and does not reflect his individual share.” “Keep wishing millions into existence so I could pay off these student loans,” she added.
Trump has repeatedly targeted Omar throughout the years, most recently after claims of widespread fraud related to the Somali community in Minnesota, of which she is part.
She told The Guardian in mid December that the attacks have directly fueled threats against her life, arguing that his rhetoric follows a familiar pattern of what she described as “boilerplate xenophobia” that escalates real-world danger.
Originally published on Latin Times
