Ilhan Omar’s Winery Disappears…Literally Gone From the Internet and Archives

I have kept an eye on the Ilhan Omar rapid wealth gain story, but there has been so much to write about and so little hard data that I haven’t gotten around to writing about it. 

By now you have likely heard about her rapid—as in rocket-speed—rise in wealth, although due to federal reporting requirements, the range within which her net worth is measured is millions of dollars, so no precise percentage increase is out there. But let’s just say that in terms of rapid rises, Nancy Pelosi would be quite impressed. 

The commonly floated numbers are a rise from about $15,000 net worth to about $30 million. 

A major part of that growth in wealth has been the rapid rise in the valuation of a sketchy “winery” from a few thousand dollars to a whopping $5 million to$15 million, despite having (perhaps) released few wines and, in recent years, none at all. Its locations appear to be empty buildings, its wines are unavailable, and once attention was turned to its sketchy nature, all the information about it disappeared from the internet. 

Hmm https://t.co/59ppR7eCLx

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2026

It’s a remarkable “success story,” but one that may be as real as a Somali healthcare company. The money appears, but the product…not so much. It sure LOOKS like money laundering. 

🚨 BREAKING: Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar caught DELETING EVIDENCE of fraud after Benny Johnson exposed her “winery” surged in value to $5 million in ONE YEAR

She even had the WayBackMachine SCRUBBED, on top of deleting the website, listings and archives.

The fraud is EVERYWHERE with… pic.twitter.com/zBDkU3NjWw

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 29, 2026

Vineyards appear to be a favorite investment vehicle for California politicians, taking them from barely solvent to fabulously wealthy. In this particular case, as with Somali fraud, the grift is particularly brazen. Investors in the business have already sued for fraud, but somehow Omar gets away with it. 

This has to be learned through Newsom. How did Newsom get so wealthy? A winery.

Is wine in the new ‘writing a books’ for politicians hiding fraud.

— Rare 🇺🇸 (@RareImagery) January 26, 2026

Illhan Omar lists a California winery on her financial disclosures. You can see them below. The winery name is ‘eStCru LLC.’ 

In 2023 it was valued at $15k.

In 2024 it was valued at $5 Million (!!!)

This must be a very successful winery to grow that much in value over one year. Except… the winery does not even exist:

– No phone line 

– No physical winery

– Social media gone dark

– A barely functional ‘website’

– No wine lol

What is this?!

It gets worse: Omar’s third husband, Tim Mynett, has been accused of defrauding investors through this FAKE winery. He was sued by the investors for millions because it’s all fraudulent. This is on brand. Minnesota AG Keith Ellison previously worked with Mynett, the same AG who has REFUSED to investigate widespread Somali fraud.

How does a nonexistent winery jump from $15k to $5 million in one year when the company is a ghost? How can Omar claim this fake company provides her millions in assets? Seems like a cover.

Ironically, one of the wine labels they made was literally called ‘The Devil‘s Lie’

After this tweet, the “barely functional website” disappeared from the internet entirely, including from the Wayback Machine. 

Several prominent people were supposedly associated with the winery, but when asked for comment, they denied any such association. 

Amid the scrutiny into the firm’s massive jump in valuation shown in Congresswoman Omar’s most recent financial filings, the firm co-founded by Hailer and Mynett came under fire for scrubbing their firm’s website of various high-profile individuals that it claimed were its advisors. Among those listed were former members of Congress and other well-connected persons, including former Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

Baucus said he only had a single phone call with Hailer back in 2022 regarding a proposed deal pertaining to storage units but then “nothing came of it,” according to The New York Post.

“He stopped writing his emails about the investment – about how well he’s doing, all that stuff. You can read between the lines – it sounded a little bit fishy,” he said, adding that no one ever cleared it with him to use his name as an “advisor” on Rose Lake’s website.

A spokesperson for Rose Lake defended the move, noting it was in response to “hate-filled messages” and accused Baucus of making “false” statements to the media. 

“All names were removed from the website when hate-filled messages were being sent to various members listed by individuals who have read stories in various publications,” the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “Ambassador Baucus should review any contracts he executed with the company before saying false and potentially libelous statements to the press.” 

The winery is part of a complicated web of very questionable businesses set up by Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, and Democratic operative William Haile. Both met while working for…Keith Ellison. 

You can’t make this up. 

William Hailer and Mynett, who met working for now-Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison when he was in Congress, were both political operatives before they turned to venture capitalism and the wine industry. Hailer was a senior advisor to former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and also has an extensive history working for Ellison, who was the DNC co-chair. Between consulting fees and reimbursements, Hailer raked in over $250,000 advising the DNC and Ellison, according to FEC filings.

The pair also co-founded the political consulting firm E Street Group, which raked in almost $3 million alone from Omar’s House campaigns, and then went on to co-found Rose Lake Capital LLC, a venture capital firm, and eStCru, a wine company, among a web of other ventures they have since embarked on. 

Through these business ventures, which include wine and cannabis, Hailer left a trail of fraud and swindling allegations tied to eSt Ventures, which was co-founded by Hailer and Mynett, and the subsequently formed Badlands Fund, which was created to control another investment fund that the pair also created called Badlands Ventures.

That cannabis business, too, appears to be a fraud, into which millions of dollars disappeared, leaving lawsuits in its wake. 

“On information and belief, Defendants formed Badlands Ventures in order to defraud Plaintiffs by soliciting them for purported investments in Dakota and 605 with the present intention of stealing and/or misappropriating most of the money,” the cannabis lawsuit, which listed Hailer and Badlands Ventures as the defendant, states.

The lawsuit claims that the pair solicited donations from local South Dakota cannabis growers who had been raising money among their friends and family. Hailer allegedly promised them that he already had big investors lined up, and would bring in multi-millions more if the local growers forked over around $3.5 million. 

However, the additional investment never appeared to materialize despite months of promises that the funds were not far away, according to court complaints.

Haeir and Mynett got out of that one by returning investment money, but that left questions about where THAT money came from, since it appeared out of nowhere. 

Hailer and Rose Lake Capital were also embroiled in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that included allegations Hailer was encouraged to leave the country so he wouldn’t have to testify and would disrupt the sale. When asked during the bankruptcy hearing why he didn’t get on the flight to Dubai in order to skip the hearing, Hailer said, “Sometimes it’s better to do the right than the easy thing.”

Currently, both congressional and federal investigators are looking into the massive valuation jump by Hailer and Mynett’s venture capital fund and wine business. The scrutiny follows backlash from the 2019 – 2020 election cycle, during which Omar was caught funneling millions in campaign cash to a firm Mynett co-founded with Hailer called the E Street Group. 

Money seems to flow to politicians associated with Attorney General Keith Ellison and Ilhan Omar, oddly enough. They are all extremely good at raising it somehow and making astonishingly successful businesses that don’t appear to do anything. Omar manages to raise remarkable levels of political donations, which end up in her associates’ hands, who then become quite wealthy. 

Ilhan Omar’s winery:

No phone line listed
No physical winery at listed address
Social media inactive
Website not working
No wine available for public sale

Meanwhile:
Valued $15k in 2023
Valued $5M in 2024

How is this possible? pic.twitter.com/hrZuOEqn8v

— Taya (@travelingflying) January 28, 2026

And, just to let you know, Omar barely has to campaign here. She spends a lot on relatively little. The balance sheet works out, but like a Somali daycare, the number of “children” seems low for the return. 

There are investigations into Omar’s finances going on, but as with all Democrat scandals, I fear nothing will come of it. Ilhan Omar can commit immigration fraud by marrying her brother, and nobody cares. She can declare that she is more loyal to Somalia than America, and still get elected. She can be at the center of a multi-billion-dollar fraud and be celebrated as a hero. There’s little reason to believe that anything will come of this. 

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