Bet she wont resign like Hill, She special: Ilhan Omar paid another $147,000 to married lover's consultant group in addition to hundreds of thous

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota paid her political consultant and lover $147,000 for services, in addition to hundreds of thousands in other payments
Peter Flaherty, chairman of the conservative National Legal and Policy Center in October filed an an amended complaint into Omar's campaign spending
In that complaint, he already had told the Federal Election Commission that Omar made more than $369,000 in payments to Mynett since August of 2018
Nearly $25,000 was for travel expenses, according to records filed with the FEC. If the payments helped the affair, then they were made for personal reasons
FEC regulations prohibit the use of campaign funds for personal expenses to cover travel, unless personal funds are later used to reimburse the campaign
Flaherty wants the FEC to investigate, but the commission has yet to take action due to understaffing which lawmakers have not addressed

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar paid her political consultant and lover almost $147,000 more for services than had previously been known, according to reports.

The payments were in addition to hundreds of thousands of dollars she gave to the company which had already been reported.

Omar's campaign funneled $146,713 into finance chief Tim Mynett's consulting firm, 'The E Street Group' for digital advertising, fundraising consulting and video production, records show, reports the New York Post.

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That's how much more the 38-year-old Minnesota lawmaker's campaign pumped into Mynett's firm since Peter Flaherty, chairman of the conservative National Legal and Policy Center in October filed an an amended complaint into Omar's campaign spending with the Federal Election Commission.

Flaherty requested an investigation after DailyMail.com's revelation of an affair between Omar and Mynett, which led to her divorce from her husband Ahmed Hirsi.

The split was final on November 5.

Mynett's wife Beth has also filed for divorce in the wake of the affair.

Flaherty pointed out to the FEC that Omar made more than $369,000 in payments to Mynett since hiring his firm in August of 2018.

Nearly $25,000 is labeled as travel expenses, according to records filed to the FEC.

'If 'Ilhan for Congress' reimbursed Mynett's LLC for travel so that Rep. Omar would have the benefit of Mynett's romantic companionship, the expenditure must be considered personal in nature', he wrote.

'Federal Election Commission regulations prohibit the use of campaign funds for personal expenses collateral to travel…unless personal funds are used to reimburse the committee', he added.

But whether the probe ever gets underway has been up in the air due to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's refusal to schedule hearings to confirm new members of the agency, tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws.