‘Not a millionaire’: Ilhan Omar blames accounting error as reported net worth plunges from up to $30M to as low as $18K

Rudro Chakrabarti

Sun, April 19, 2026 astatine 2:30 PM CDT 7 min read

Rep. Ilhan Omar's bureau says she is not a millionaire. An amended legislature fiscal disclosure, archetypal reported by the Wall Street Journal, present values the Minnesota Democrat's household assets astatine betwixt $18,004 and $95,000 — a melodramatic driblet from an earlier filing that listed assets of up to $30 cardinal (1).

"The amended disclosure confirms what we've said each along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire," spokesperson Jacklyn Rogers told the Journal, adding that the filing was corrected voluntarily erstwhile the discrepancy was spotted. In a missive to the Office of Congressional Conduct, Omar’s lawyer attributed the archetypal numbers to an unintentional accounting mistake and argued that members of Congress and their spouses routinely trust connected nonrecreational accountants.

Amended disclosures aren't antithetic — the Journal noted, for example, that galore House and Senate members person failed to decently disclose banal trades. Omar’s amendment comes astatine a clip of aggravated nationalist and governmental scrutiny, though. The corrected filing lists 2 of Mynett's businesses, antecedently valued successful the millions, arsenic having nary nett value. Neither the disclosure nor Omar's bureau has publically elaborate the offsetting liabilities.

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