OCE Report Regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar
On December 22, 2021, the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a report to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Nature of the Review
Rep. Ilhan Omar may have omitted required information from her annual financial disclosure reports. If Rep. Omar did not include required information in her annual financial disclosure reports, then she may have violated federal law, House rules, and standards of conduct.
Rep. Ilhan Omar may have received an advance payment on royalties related to her memoir, This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman. If Rep. Omar received an advance payment on royalties related to her book, she may have violated House rules and standards of conduct.
OCE Recommendation
The Board recommended that the Committee dismiss the above allegation concerning Rep. Omar because there is not substantial reason to believe that Rep. Omar omitted required information from her annual financial disclosure reports.
The Board recommended that the Committee dismiss the above allegation concerning Rep. Omar because there is not substantial reason to believe that Rep. Omar received an advance payment on royalties related to her book.
Committee Action
On March 22, 2022, the Committee on Ethics released a statement announcing that a majority of the Committee did not vote to dismiss the matter. Pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 3(b)(8)(E) and Committee Rule 17A(g), the Committee published the OCE's report relating to the allegations against Rep. Ilhan Omar.