The Trump administration just escalated its fight against a prominent Democratic congresswoman. The Vice President JD Vance\u2019s claims about a federal investigation have thrust long-circulated allegations and a messy financial disclosure back into the spotlight.<\/p>\n
JD Vance says DOJ is investigating Ilhan Omar<\/p>\n
Vice President JD Vance claimed on Tuesday that the Department of Justice is actively investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar. He raised questions about immigration fraud and her family finances during a White House press conference, CBS<\/a> Minnesota reported.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to investigate it. We\u2019re going to take a look at it,\u201d Vance stated firmly. He added that the DOJ would prosecute if officials found evidence of a crime. However, Vance declined to share specifics about the apparent investigation\u2019s scope or timeline. He also stated he did not want to \u201cprejudge an investigation\u201d at this early stage.<\/p>\n Still, he referenced longstanding rumors about Omar\u2019s personal life and marital history. \u201cYou read the things about Ilhan Omar and about you know who she married,\u201d Vance noted. He then added, \u201cIt certainly seems like something fishy is there.\u201d Notably, no evidence currently supports claims that Omar committed immigration fraud.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, this announcement follows Omar\u2019s recent decision to amend her financial disclosure forms significantly. Her original filing listed companies co-owned by her husband, Tim Mynett, as worth between $6 million and $30 million. The amended filing then reduced the couple\u2019s joint assets to between $18,004 and $95,000. Mynett\u2019s two companies received updated valuations of \u201cnone\u201d in the revised documents.<\/p>\n Omar\u2019s spokesperson attributed the discrepancy to an \u201caccounting error created a misleading picture of far greater wealth.\u201d The spokesperson also clarified that \u201cthe congresswoman is not a millionaire\u201d despite the initial filing.<\/p>\n The sharp revision subsequently drew scrutiny from the Republican-led House Oversight Committee and President Trump. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer responded forcefully to the amended disclosure at that time. \u201cIlhan Omar\u2019s multimillion-dollar financial disclosure revision is just the latest on a long list of her questionable actions,\u201d Emmer said. He further warned, \u201cShe cannot escape accountability for long.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally reported by Vritti Johar on Mandatory.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post JD Vance Says \u2018Something Fishy\u2019 May Be Happening With Ilhan Omar<\/a> appeared first on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration just escalated its fight against a prominent Democratic congresswoman. The Vice President JD Vance\u2019s claims…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[119],"tags":[45023,45022,27413,45024,169,168,4694],"class_list":["post-80448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jd-vance","tag-federal-investigation","tag-financial-disclosure","tag-ilhan-omar","tag-immigration-fraud","tag-james-david-vance","tag-jd-vance","tag-vice-president-jd-vance"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116612648808325312","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}