Video transcript
And so the fifth congressional district, and we call together this press conference in the wake of yesterday's article in the Minnesota reformer about my opponent, Representative Omar. She paid her husband, Tim Minette, $3 million of campaign money. And the way her time in office has given his business access and credibility as a misappropriated more than $1 million in money from South Dakota investors. They left workers unpaid and found the funds frozen by the office of foreign assets control the U.S. Treasury Department in charge of enforcing sanctions. Unfortunately, this story is just the latest scandal in a string of new stories about represented Omar that narrow the focus on her and bring us further from the type of progress our district and our country needs around issues that affect the lives of our neighbors. Representative Omar has used her time, her three terms in Congress, what many would consider the opportunity and honor of a lifetime to divide our community and enrich herself in the process. Minnesota reformer, reporter Max Nestor, Nestor X article mentions at least three of the businesses that Tim Minette and his partner, Will Haler, started. The first was their political consultancy, which received an unprecedented sum of money from Representative Omar's 2020 race, where she raised in millions, raked in millions of small dollar contributions from across the country during the election cycle. Three million dollars was spent with East Street and a large portion of that money went directly back into her own household. After that, Tim Minette and his business partner, Will Haler, started a winery, a decision made when one of their marketing clients apparently offered them grapes in lieu of money. The winery left its workers unpaid and is currently being sued for breach of contract, a bizarre arrangement where they agreed to return an investment of 300,000 with a return of 900,000 dollars just 18 months later.
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