Rep. Ilhan Omar rode a tidal wave onto her House election in the 2018 midterms. She rallied and organized a grassroots effort to represent her district.
But her campaign run was far from legit, critics say — and news reports are claiming that she knowingly misused $6,000 in campaign funds.
It turns out her “grassroots” campaign was built on lies and misdirection. Now, critics have launched a probe into her alleged misuse of campaign finances.
The investigation is being led by a lawmaker of her own home state, Republican Rep. Steve Drazkowski.
“She just doesn’t respect the law,” he mentioned to the BBC earlier this month.
The complaint alleges that Omar used almost $6,000 of campaign funds for travel to several destinations, including Estonia, and even for her divorce proceedings, which were unrelated to her campaign.
Omar said the divorce proceedings, Minnesota Star Tribune reported, were for crisis management used during her run for Minnesota state House. In any case, the voters who showed up for her at the polls deserve an answer.
Omar has been hiding behind the Democrats and her anti-Semitic comments for far too long. Controversy after controversy, she stays unblemished.
How did someone like this get elected?
Though the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board had neither confirmed nor denied that the investigation was taking place to the BBC, the complaint has been opened up for some time.
The probe is reviewing Omar’s tenure as a Minnesota state representative from 2017 to 2019. Pundits predicted that the public will know the results very soon.
Of course, this isn’t the first complaint that had been filed about Omar’s money troubles. She also violated state regulations by accepting a speaking fee from several Minnesota colleges and universities.
Since then Omar has paid back $2,500, which, according to Rep. Drazkowksi, doesn’t cover the entire fee she charged.
“I had observed a long pattern,” Drazkowski said. “Representative Omar hasn’t followed the law. She’s repeatedly trampled on the laws of the state in a variety of areas, and gotten by with it.”
The Horn editorial team