Ilhan Omar’s Family Winery Shut Down After Congress Demands Answers

A California winery owned by Representative Ilhan Omar’s husband was shut down weeks after Congressional Republicans demanded answers about the reported wealth of the Minnesota Democrat’s family.

Omar, a member of the Squad of progressive Democrats and a political lightning rod, filed a 2024 financial disclosure that put her family assets at between $6 million and $30 million, a surge from the previous year that—at the top of that range—would have placed her among the wealthiest Democrats in the House. At the heart of the wealth was a Santa Rosa, California-based winery, eStCru LLC, which was co-owned by Omar’s husband Tim Mynett. California business records show the winery shut down on April 4, two months after House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer wrote to Mynett asking for financial records.

In March, Omar revised the filing—a common practice among members of Congress—and downgraded the assets to $0 and the joint assets with her husband to under $100,000. The amended filing also shows that the congresswoman held $15,001 to $50,000 in student loan debt. Omar’s representatives blamed the discrepancy on “incomplete information from Mr. Mynett’s businesses’ accountants in good faith and deference to professional judgment.”

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A representative for eStCru told the New York Post in February that the winery was no longer operational, and, according to the California Secretary of State’s business registry portal, it was terminated on April 4.

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Fluctuations in Omar’s reported net worth have intensified GOP scrutiny of the Democratic lawmaker, including from President Donald Trump, who in January said Congress and the Department of Justice would be “looking at” her finances.

Last May, Omar filed a financial disclosure valuing her and her husband’s assets in the range of $6 million to $30 million.

Up to $5 million of this was derived from eStCru LLC, with as much as $25 million coming from Rose Lake Capital LLC, a venture capital management firm. Mynett had helped establish both companies alongside his long-term business partner, William Hailer.

Financial disclosure rules require lawmakers to report assets within broad value ranges, and The Wall Street Journal cites 2025 estimates from Mynett’s accountant that his two assets, the winery and a venture capital management firm, which comprised most of this total, were together worth $9.4 million.

These 2024 figures marked a significant increase from the previous year’s filing, which valued eStCru at between $15,001 and $50,000 and Rose Lake Capital at between $1 and $1,000.

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In late March, Omar amended her financial disclosure for 2024, reducing the value of the two assets to “none” and the overall value of the couple’s assets to between $18,004 to $95,000. The amendment was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, and came after Omar received a letter from the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC). The Minnesota representative has since blamed the discrepancy on an error made by her accountant.

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