Watchdogs Sound Alarm as Rep. Ilhan Omar Continues to Evade Financial Disclosure of Reportedly Lucrative Book Deal
19th August 2021
Multiple watchdog groups said Rep. Ilhan Omar may have violated federal law for failing to mention any income received from her critically-acclaimed 2020 memoir in her latest financial disclosure report filed on Friday.
Omar, D-Minn., reportedly signed a deal worth up to $250,000 for her memoir “This Is What America Looks Like” in January 2019, around the same time she was sworn into Congress.
Omar’s communications director said the House Ethics Committee approved the book deal, but the Democratic lawmaker’s financial disclosures covering the calendar years 2018 and 2019 contain no mention of the book or any advance income received upon signing a deal.
Reminder: Not every beast that barks is a watchdog.