Ilhan Omar reveals marriage to her fundraising chief Tim Mynett, couple flaunts wedding rings on social media
Leftist congresswoman Ilhan Omar revealed on Wednesday that she has married her fundraising chief, Tim Mynett. It is believed that her wedding took place earlier this week.
Omar revealed the news by sharing a picture of the couple cuddling up to each other on her Instagram handle. The pair have both been divorced and reportedly tied the knot at an unknown location. Omar had captioned the black and white image, "From partners in politics to life partners. So blessed."
The pair had been seen wearing the same rings in Washington, DC, last week, reports Daily Mail. The duo, both 37, had initially denied that they were having an affair. However, sources in the Somali community in Minneapolis revealed that she was forced into announcing the news after reports surfaced.
One Somali leader shared, "She sent this picture to a friend saying she wanted to announce her wedding because the reporting of the Daily Mail had been so accurate." Omar has a long and complicated marriage history that includes several allegations that she had married her own brother.
She married her first husband Ahmed Hirsi in an Islamic ceremony, which was not registered with state authorities. She also had two children with her first husband. However, in 2009, she married British citizen Ahmed Elmi in a civil ceremony that took place in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
She shared that she had an Islamic divorce from Hirsi before the ceremony. She and Elmi ended up splitting up in 2012 but did not get a divorce till 2017, the year before she remarried Hirsi, with whom she had already had a third child. Hirsi and Omar got a divorce in November last year after he flew to Washington to surprise Omar only to find her in her apartment with Mynett wearing nothing but pajamas.
Mynett had been married to Dr Beth Jordan who is the head of the District of Columbia prison system's medical team. The couple got divorced a month after Omar.