ILHAN Omar’s husband received $635k in Covid bailout funds for his firm, on top of over $1million from the Democrat’s campaign, records show.
Records show co-founder Tim Mynett’s E Street Group was given over half a million dollars in emergency coronavirus aid, as the company was paid millions by his Minnesota rep wife’s political campaign.
A Covid bailout tracker shows Washington DC-based E Street Group LLC was given $134,000 in PPP bailout, along with $500,000 in Economic Injury Disaster loans.
Records from the Federal Election Commission show that the company also continued to receive payouts for tens of thousands of dollars from Omar’s campaign after receiving the aid.
Since February of last year, records from the Federal Election Commission show that Omar’s campaign has paid more than $2.78million to E Street Group.
Since March 2020 alone, Omar’s campaign has paid over $2.1million to her husband’s consulting firm, FEC records show.
E Street Group LLC did not immediately respond to Trending In The News’s request for comment.
Omar and Mynett wed in March of this year – after the rep previously denied dating the consultant.
Days after the couple wed, Omar took to Twitter to defend her campaign’s paying her husband’s company, as she insisted it was not a conflict of interest.
“My relationship with Tim began long after this work started. We consulted with a top FEC campaign attorney to ensure there were no possible legal issues with our relationship,” Omar tweeted.
“We were told this is not uncommon and that no, there weren’t.”
One payment in August totaled over $129,000, while another dating back to July was over $289,000.
The largest payment came on July 7, when her campaign paid E Street Group $404,338.75, FEC records show.
In mid-November of this year, Omar pledged that she was cutting ties with her husband’s company, Fox News reported.
She said in a November 15 email that she was ending her relationship with the firm to halt questions about the relationship with her campaign, Fox reported.
The most recent payment shown in records through the FEC came on October 2, just a month before the election.
PPP relief and EID loans were part of the $2trillion Cares Act, an emergency stimulus package passed by Congress in April.
PPP loans were meant to go to small businesses struggling amid the pandemic and widespread lockdowns across the nation.
According to LinkedIn, E Street Group has between 11 and 50 employees.
