Emmer warns Ilhan Omar will ‘be held accountable’ if found to have committed fraud

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will “be held accountable to the fullest extent” if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from “any fraud.” 

His remarks follow a Wall Street Journal report that a financial disclosure listed her and her husband’s assets at between $6 million and $30 million. Omar’s office later told the outlet the filing contained a “discrepancy,” and an amended version put the couple’s assets at between $18,004 and $95,000, the Journal reported. 

“Omar is saying the multimillion-dollar discrepancy was nothing more than an accounting error. In what world is a multibillion-dollar correction to a person’s financial disclosure considered normal? Perhaps this member’s accountant, perhaps Ilhan’s accountant, is a graduate from the Quality Learing Center. Either way, this about-face shows incompetence........

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