A winery co-owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was shuttered amid fraud claims, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said.

Comer said over the weekend that the winery had been selling empty barrels to investors under the guise of «wine to be aged.»

«I can tell you from our initial investigation of Omar and her financial disclosure form that there are multiple fronts where you could get a search warrant issued,» Comer told Trey Gowdy on Fox News’ «Sunday Night in America.»

«First of all, not only was there a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure form, there was the winery that was the big base of her $25 million listing on her financial disclosure form. That winery has, according to the press, been shut down because of fraud.»

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The winery, co-owned by the congresswoman’s husband, Tim Mynett, shut down in April this year amid congressional scrutiny over Omar’s finances.

His and his business partner’s lawyers told the Minnesota Reformer, «Any suggestion that Will or Tim deliberately defrauded investors or otherwise consciously conspired to rip people off would be false and defamatory.»

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The revelation is not new, but it’s one of several details that have resurfaced in recent days amid a federal probe into Omar’s citizenship in the U.S.

Federal law enforcement executed a search warrant at her D.C. home earlier this month. The operation was linked to allegations that she and her father misrepresented the congresswoman’s age to more easily obtain American citizenship.

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Omar’s critics, like House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., have called for the progressive Democrat to be deported if the allegations were proved true.

She and her allies have denied wrongdoing and attacked the investigation as a partisan hit job against one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal opponents.

But it’s not the first time Omar has faced accusations of impropriety as a member of Congress.

The House Oversight Committee had earlier probed Omar’s finances after her public disclosures showed a rapid, and at the time unexplained, increase in her net worth. Omar previously chalked up the discrepancy to an accidental accounting error.

Comer zeroed in on the winery in a February letter sent just weeks before the business closed down.

He wrote to Mynett that Omar’s 2023 financial disclosure forms «lists a stake in your winery eStCru worth between $15,001 and $50,000.» The following year, her financial disclosure form listed a stake in eStCru «worth between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000.»

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«There are serious public concerns about how your businesses increased so dramatically in value only a year after reporting very limited assets,» the letter said.

Omar told The Wall Street Journal in mid-April that she and her husband have less than $100,000 combined.

The winery, eStCru, was based in California and was founded in 2020 by Mynett and a business partner. The industry outlet Wine Business named it one of its «Hot Brands of 2022.»

When asked about the probe, a spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee pointed out to Digital that Comer had referred the case of Omar’s finances to the House Ethics Committee for review.

«Regarding the investigation into her spouse, the House Oversight Committee referred the matter months ago to the House Ethics Committee and encouraged it to do its job and review the concerning allegations,» the spokesperson said.

The bipartisan panel is tasked with investigating accusations of impropriety by lawmakers and recommending punishments if those probes turn up wrongdoing. It has not yet taken up Omar’s case.

Digital reached out to Rose Lake Capital, another venture by Mynett and his business partner, for comment on Comer’s remarks. 

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FIRST ON FOX: Popular grocery delivery company Instacart has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) after it was accused of discriminating against American workers.

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division says it has reached a $5 million settlement with Maplebear Inc., which operates the delivery service used by Americans to get groceries sent to their front doors. The resolution addresses allegations that the company purposefully discriminated against U.S. and American workers based on country of origin, which the DOJ says violates the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).

The company, according to the Justice Department, was abusing the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) process by placing undue burdens on American applicants by requiring them to physically mail applications to the company, deviating from Instacart’s standard electronic application process. The scheme occurred from December 2023 through February 2026.

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«This significant resolution marks the 15th settlement agreement the Civil Rights Division has reached under my leadership to protect U.S. workers,» Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said. «Our record demonstrates that the Justice Department is holding companies who prefer workers with temporary employment visas accountable. We will not stop fighting for U.S. workers until there is a fair playing field.»

The settlement was secured in conjunction with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Instacart will be required, under the settlement, to set up a $4 million fund to compensate applicants who may have been wronged, and another $1 million in civil penalties.

The PERM program allows employers to sponsor temporary visa workers for permanent residence in the United States. However, companies using the PERM program are required to make a «good-faith» effort to hire American workers before resorting to foreigners.

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Companies cannot create «additional burdens for U.S. and American workers; publishing job advertisements that disfavor, limit, specify, or otherwise discriminate against U.S. and American workers; or use processes that limit, segregate, or classify applicants in any way that tends to deprive U.S. and American applicants of employment opportunities,» according to the DOJ.

The settlement is the 15th of its kind since President Donald Trump began his second term in office in January 2025 and is part of a broader effort to ensure American workers aren’t illegally discriminated against.

The EEOC has dubbed the mission «Project Firewall.»

«Today’s settlement makes clear that when employers erect unlawful barriers that harm American workers, the EEOC will act decisively,» said Andrea Lucas, the chair of the EEOC. «The EEOC is committed to holding companies accountable when they deny equal work opportunities to U.S. workers by preferring temporary visa holders for jobs. Discrimination against workers based on their American national origin has no place in our economy.»

«We’re proud to be a U.S.-based grocery technology platform, employing thousands of American workers and serving millions of customers, retailers, shoppers and brands. We encourage qualified U.S. jobseekers to apply to join our team,» an Instacart spokesperson told Digital.

«Hiring and investing in American workers across our U.S. business is our priority, and we actively promote every role across many channels to ensure qualified U.S. candidates are always first in line for opportunities. While we maintain that our practices complied with all applicable laws and regulations, we’re pleased to have resolved this matter so we can keep our full focus on delivering on our mission for customers, shoppers, retailers and brands.»

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