‘We’re Going to Get Answers’: Congress Signals Investigation Over Ilhan Omar’s Sudden Wealth

It’s a common enough conundrum to ponder: How do so many politicians grow so rich on what is honestly a fairly modest Congressional salary? Before we feign too much amazement, well, we all know that there are all too often some kind of shady dealings going on.

Which brings me to Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05). In 2025, we explored some of Rep. Omar and her husband’s meteoric rise to wealth, all the more amazing to behold, since Omar arrived in these United States as a refugee with barely a nickel to her name. Now she’s enjoying the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, with all the trappings except an ongoing narration from Robin Leach.

Last September, I wrote:

Isn’t it remarkable how leftist politicians – and Ilhan Omar is somewhere to the left of Che Guevara – always shout about the need to tax the rich, to soak the productive, to smash capitalism and break up the fortunes of millionaires (until they become one) and billionaires – but they also always seem to grow mysteriously rich. Omar, in particular, could be the primary villain in an Ayn Rand novel: A corrupt, twisted looter, a parasite on the country who has never contributed anything but hot air, who trades not in ideas but in pull.

Now, that pull, and Rep. Omar’s sudden wealth has drawn the attention of the House Oversight Committee.

The House Oversight Committee is probing “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s skyrocketing family wealth after a $9 billion Somali social services fraud scandal exploded in her district,The Post has learned.

Oversight panel Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said staff lawyers are exploring the extraordinary step of subpoenaing Omar’s spouse over his allegedly shady business practices.

“We’re going to get answers, whether it’s through the Ethics Committee or the Oversight Committee, one of the two,” he told The Post.

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