From Fox News: A longtime Democratic operative who worked for top party figures before jumping into private ventures with the now-husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Tim Mynett, is back in the spotlight as swindling allegations resurface and Congress investigates Omar’s skyrocketing net worth via her husband’s companies, according to her financial disclosures.
William Hailer and Mynett, who met working for now-Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison when he was in Congress, were both political operatives before they turned to venture capitalism and the wine industry. Hailer was a senior advisor to former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and also has an extensive history working for Ellison, who was the DNC co-chair. Between consulting fees and reimbursements, Hailer raked in over $250,000 advising the DNC and Ellison, according to FEC filings.
The pair also co-founded the political consulting firm E Street Group, which raked in almost $3 million alone from Omar’s House campaigns, and then went on to co-found Rose Lake Capital LLC, a venture capital firm, and eStCru, a wine company, among a web of other ventures they have since embarked on.
Through these business ventures, which include wine and cannabis, Hailer left a trail of fraud and swindling allegations tied to eSt Ventures, which was co-founded by Hailer and Mynett, and the subsequently formed Badlands Fund, which was created to control another investment fund that the pair also created called Badlands Ventures.
The report further states:
The lawsuit claims that the pair solicited donations from local South Dakota cannabis growers who had been raising money among their friends and family. Hailer allegedly promised them that he already had big investors lined up, and would bring in multi-millions more if the local growers forked over around $3.5 million.
However, the additional investment never appeared to materialize despite months of promises that the funds were not far away, according to court complaints.
More allegations have erupted over a California wine business that Hailer and Mynett started, eStCru, which saw its value mysteriously jump from between just $15,000 to $50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024.
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Omar refused to answer questions from a reporter last week.
Based on the body language of Ilhan Omar, she’s worried
James Comer ~ there’s no way, referring to how her net worth went to ($30M) in one year
Trump wants her investigated right now
Her husbands consultant firm went from zero to ($25M)
Ilhan Omar is going down.. guaranteed pic.twitter.com/fqpQBUcqJN
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