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Ilhan Omar Paid Her Husband’s Firm $600,000 for Ad Buys in July Alone

Her campaign had already directed more than $1 million toward the company during this election cycle.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) paid her husband Tim Mynett’s consulting firm $606,000 in July alone, according to Federal Election Commission filings released Thursday. The newest paperwork shows that her campaign spent 77 percent of all its cash on Mynett’s services, and it had already directed more than $1 million to his business, E Street Consulting Group, before the month began. The Minnesota Democrat has raised far less money than her challenger, Antone Melton-Meaux, ahead of an Aug. 11 primary. 

UPDATE, 12:53AM 7/31/2020: After the publication of this story, a spokesperson for Omar’s campaign told The Daily Beast that the money paid to E Street went to ad buys: “The $600k figure [cited by the Washington Free Beacon] is all her campaign ad buys (Facebook, Google, TV, mail, digital streaming).”