Key Facts — All Alleged
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| Who | Not specified |
| Amount | Not disclosed |
| Location | Not specified |
| Program | Not specified |
| Status | Alleged |
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OTHER DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE. WHILE THE JURY HERE DELIBERATES OVER THE FATES OF THESE SEVEN FOX NINE. THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN ILHAN OMAR AND DON SAMUELS GOT SOME EXTRA HEAT THIS WEEK, WITH ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUD AGAINST A BUSINESS PARTLY OWNED BY REPRESENTATIVE OMAR’S HUSBAND. FOX NINES CORN HAGER JOINS US NOW IN THE NEWSROOM. AFTER DIGGING INTO WHAT’S BEHIND THIS LEGAL FIGHT. ALL RIGHT, CONNECTION TO THESE ACCUSATIONS? KAREN, IT’S NOTHING DIRECTLY. HER HUSBAND IS TIM MINUTE AND HIS CONSULTING FIRM LEGALLY GOT ABOUT $3 MILLION FROM HER 2020 CAMPAIGN. NOW HE’S A BUSINESS PARTNER IN A FEW BUSINESS VENTURES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN LAWSUITS, CLAIMING HIS COMPANIES HAVE MADE MONEY DISAPPEAR. DON SAMUELS SEIZED ON REPORTS OF FRAUD AGAINST THE HUSBAND OF REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR, HIS OPPONENT IN THE RACE FOR CONGRESS. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THURSDAY, I ASKED HIM WHEN A SPOUSE’S BUSINESS VENTURES SHOULD BECOME FAIR GAME FOR POLITICAL ATTACKS, WHEN THE FUNDS BECOME ARE FROM FAMILY SOURCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS FAMILY SOURCE OF THOSE FUNDS COME FROM THE PUBLIC. A DECADE AGO, THE FBI INVESTIGATED WHETHER SAMUELS USED HIS POSITION ON MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL TO FUNNEL MONEY TO HIS WIFE’S NONPROFIT. IT WAS BASED ON NO FACTS. I WAS RUNNING FOR MAYOR, AND EVIDENTLY SOMEBODY WANTED TO TAKE ME OUT, HE SAYS. THE FBI DROPPED IT SOON AFTER HE GAVE AN INTERVIEW. IN THE CASE OF TIM MINETTE, WHOSE LINKEDIN PAGE SHOWS HE WAS A PARTNER IN THE E STREET GROUP, ALONG WITH WILL HAILER. THERE’S NO PUBLICLY KNOWN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING BEHIND THE SCENES. WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THIS. I BELIEVE WE SPEAK. NED HORSTED IS THE CEO OF A SOUTH DAKOTA CANNABIS COMPANY THAT GAVE HAILER AND MINETTE’S COMPANY $3.5 MILLION TO KICK START INVESTMENTS. BUT ENDED UP WITH ABOUT $1.8 MILLION BACK AND A COURT JUDGMENT. AN IOU FOR THE OTHER 1.7 MILLION. OMAR’S OFFICE TELLS ME SHE HAS NO INVOLVEMENT IN ANY BUSINESS VENTURES, AND THE SITUATION REEKS OF POLITICAL DESPERATION. HORSTEAD SAYS HE NEVER DEALT WITH OMAR AND DIDN’T EVEN HAVE DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH MINETTE, BUT HE’S NOT CONVINCED THEY’RE UNAWARE. IF YOU HAVE A TWO PERSON BUSINESS AND ONE OF THEM IS A SPOUSE OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, IT SEEMS SUSPICIOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST, THAT THEY NEVER KNEW ABOUT 3.5 MILLION THEY NEVER KNEW THAT 1.7 WENT MISSING. THE LAWYERS FOR MINUTEAND TAYLOR SAY THEY ABSOLUTELY DID NOT INTEND TO BUSINESS OR IN A WINERY DEAL. THAT’S ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A CIVIL LAWSUIT. TAYLOR REFERRED ME TO THE SETTLEMENT IN THE CANNABIS DEAL, AND SAID THE