What were Ilhan Omar’s total assets and liabilities listed in each annual congressional disclosure?

1. Methodology and limits: what the disclosures actually report

Congressional financial-disclosure forms require members to report assets and liabilities using broad value ranges rather than precise dollar totals, and the official PDFs filed with the House Clerk are the primary record for each year ^{[1] [5]}; where reporters state a single “net worth” number they have aggregated those ranges or used outside valuation assumptions, which produces divergent totals across outlets ^{[4] [6]}.

2. Early filings: modest assets and a student-loan liability (example: 2019 filing)

In the 2019 report (filed Aug. 13, 2020), Omar’s disclosure showed a single listed asset — a retirement account valued in the $1,001 to $15,000 range — and one listed liability, student-loan debt dated October 2005, reported in the $15,001 to $50,000 range, according to a fact-check summarizing those filings ^[2].

3. The 2024 disclosure (filed May 14, 2025): multiple assets, two liabilities, and wide ranges

Omar’s 2024 financial-disclosure form, filed May 14, 2025, listed six assets and two liabilities, with many items reported as valuation ranges rather than fixed sums; fact-checkers and reporters note items including interests in business partnerships and retirement/savings accounts reported in bracketed ranges that permit widely different aggregate totals depending on how one sums top or bottom of ranges ^{[2] [3]}. Multiple outlets highlighted business interests tied to entities such as Rose Lake Capital LLC and EstCru LLC and cited range statements (e.g., Rose Lake tens of thousands up to multimillions), and those aggregations led to headlines claiming a jump to “millions” when ranges were interpreted at their high ends ^{[4] [7] [8]}.

4. How reporters turned ranges into dollar totals — and why totals diverge

Organizations that produced headline net-worth estimates translated the disclosure’s range entries into point estimates or summed maximum possible values to arrive at multimillion-dollar totals, a method criticized by fact-checkers who emphasize that the official form’s ranges are not precise valuations and that some assets reported reflect businesses operated in part by her husband rather than liquid personal holdings ^{[2] [6]}. Conservative watchdogs and some news outlets emphasized the upper ends of the ranges and alleged concealment or underreporting, while Omar’s camp and fact-checkers noted the constraints of range-based disclosure and that the filings do not prove a single precise net worth figure ^{[7] [2]}.

5. Oversight context and outstanding questions

The Office of Congressional Ethics previously investigated related disclosure issues, including reporting of advance royalties and other items, and published a report with findings and recommendations, underscoring that disclosure compliance and interpretation can be complex and contested ^[9]. The public record (House Clerk PDFs and the disclosures hosted on Omar’s official site) remains the definitive source for each year’s reported ranges; secondary outlets differ in aggregation methods and motives, so readers should consult the primary House filings for exact range entries ^{[3] [5]}.

Conclusion: what can be stated with confidence

It is factually supported that early filings showed modest assets and at least one student-loan liability in the $15,001–$50,000 range ^[2], and that Omar’s 2024 filing listed multiple assets and two liabilities with valuation ranges that several outlets summarized into multimillion-dollar estimates tied largely to partner interests ^{[2] [4]}. Because the official forms report ranges rather than single totals, producing an authoritative, one-number “total assets and liabilities” for each year from the sources provided would require choosing aggregation assumptions; the House Clerk PDFs remain the primary documents to inspect for the exact ranges reported each year ^{[3] [1]}.