A California winery co-owned by the husband of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., ceased operations on April 4, 2026, amid an ongoing investigation into the congresswoman’s financial disclosures. The closure of eStCru Wines was confirmed through state business records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The business shutdown coincides with a House Oversight Committee probe focusing on the assets of Tim Mynett, Omar’s husband and a political consultant. According to House records, Mynett established the wine business in 2021 and also co-founded Rose Lake Capital LLC in 2022.
“Ilhan Omar has spent her entire career covering up Democrat-enabled fraud that cost taxpayers billions, so it’s no surprise that she would do the same for her husband,” said Republican National Committee spokeswoman Delanie Bomar to Fox News Digital.
“Voters see right through the corrupt lies of Ilhan Omar and her Democrat colleagues, and they’ll pay the consequences of their crimes at the ballot box this November.”
House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., initiated a formal inquiry in February regarding a significant increase in the reported valuation of Mynett’s business interests. The committee noted that the combined value of eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC jumped from approximately $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024.
“Financial disclosure forms, filed by your wife Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, show eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC, which you hold ownership stakes in, went from being worth as much as $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024,” Comer wrote to Mynett in a February letter.
The chairman expressed concern over the lack of public information regarding the investors fueling this growth. Comer requested specific communications and documents related to the venture capital firm and the winery.
“Given that these companies do not publicly list their investors or where their money comes from, this sudden jump in value raises concerns that unknown individuals may be investing to gain influence with your wife,” Comer stated.
In response to the scrutiny, a spokesperson for Representative Omar characterized the initial high valuation as a clerical error by accountants. The congresswoman subsequently filed amended disclosures to reflect a lower net worth for her and her husband.
“The original filing was based on incomplete information from Mr. Mynett’s businesses’ accountants in good faith and deference to professional judgment. It listed assets without liabilities, and it significantly overstated her husband’s net worth. The accounting error created a misleading picture of far greater wealth,” a spokesperson for Omar told the Minnesota Star Tribune.
The revised filings indicate the couple’s assets are valued between $18,004 and $95,000, contrasting sharply with the previously reported range of $6 million to $30 million. The congresswoman’s office maintains that the discrepancy was purely technical.
“The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire,” Omar’s communications director, Jacklyn Rogers, told The Wall Street Journal.
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