It's official! Ilhan Omar is divorced from her husband and father of her three children, just weeks after congresswoman's double life in DC with her married aide was exposed
- Ilhan Omar, 38, is officially divorced from her husband Ahmed Hirsi
- They were married in 2002 but split in 2008. Omar then married British-born Ahmed Elmi in 2009 and divorced in 2017. Omar and Hirsi remarried in 2018
- The Minnesota congresswoman filed for divorce in early October, months after DailyMail.com revealed she was having an affair with married aide Tim Mynett
- Mynett's own wife filed for divorce from him in August, claiming he had professed his love of Omar to her
- Now, two weeks after DailyMail.com photographed Mynett having weekly sleepovers at Omar's Washington D.C. apartment, her divorce was granted
- The former couple will share joint custody of their three children, who will attend school in Washington D.C.
In the following months, DailyMail.com revealed Omar's affair with her married aide Tim Mynett, whose own wife Beth filed for divorce from him in August, claiming he had professed his love for Omar to her.
Now, two weeks after DailyMail.com photographed Mynett having weekly sleepovers at Omar's DC apartment, her divorce was granted, TMZ first reported.
Omar and Hirsi were first married in 2002 but split in 2008. Omar went on to marry British-born Ahmed Elmi in 2009. They divorced in 2017 and Omar and Hirsi were remarried in January 2018.
The former couple will share joint custody of their three children, aged 16, 13, and 7, but it's noted the kids will mainly live in Washington D.C. and attend school there, according to court records.
Ilhan Omar is officially divorced from her husband, just weeks after she was revealed to be living a double life in Washington D.C. with her married aide, according to a report
The two were married in 2002, separated in 2008, and were remarried in 2018 (pictured on their wedding day). The divorce comes after DailyMail.com reported in July that the couple had split and Omar had moved into a penthouse apartment in one of Minneapolis's trendiest neighborhoods
In the following months from Omar's split with Hirsi, DailyMail.com revealed Omar's affair with her married aide Tim Mynett (pictured together in July), whose own wife Beth filed for divorce from him in August, claiming he had professed his love of Omar to her
Omar had claimed in divorce documents that there had been an 'irretrievable breakdown of the marriage relationship.
Omar agreed to pay for the children's travel expenses to get back to Minnesota when they visit Hirsi.
The exes will also keep their own cars and own bank accounts. Neither will have to pay spousal support.
In a statement, Omar's lawyer said: 'Anyone going through a divorce is glad when it is over and this case is no exception.'
Omar first married Hirsi in an Islamic ceremony in 2002 when she was 19.
Six years later, after two children, the couple said they had 'reached an impasse in our life together,' and divorced.
The following year, Omar married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British citizen, just two weeks after he entered the United States.
He has been identified as her brother by many media outlets, though due to a lack of records in their war-torn country of birth that has not been proven.
That marriage lasted just two years but it was enough to allow Elmi to study alongside his new wife at North Dakota State University.
Records suggest that Omar, Elmi and Hirsi all lived together for at least part of that time.
Omar then had a third child with Hirsi in 2012 and in 2015 she filed a joint tax return with him — even though she was still legally married to Elmi.
She finally divorced Elmi in 2017 and married Hirsi in a civil ceremony the following year.
But in July, DailyMail.com revealed that Omar had split again with Hirsi and moved out of their family home and into her new penthouse apartment.
In August, after DailyMail.com reported that Omar had been seen holding hands with Mynett at an out of the way bistro in Los Angeles and spending time with him, his wife Beth filed for divorce.
Spurned Beth also revealed her fears that her husband's affair could have been going on for the past year in the nine-page divorce filing.
In 2009, Omar married Elmi, a British citizen, just two weeks after he entered the US. He has been identified as her brother by many media outlets, but that has not been proven. That marriage lasted just two years but it was enough to allow Elmi to study alongside his new wife at North Dakota State University
In July, DailyMail.com revealed that Omar had split again with Hirsi and moved out of their family home and into her penthouse apartment in Minneapolis (pictured)
Both Somali-born Omar and Mynett, 38, refused to discuss the fling after multiple sources confirmed it to DailyMailTV.
Beth, who has a 13-year-old-son with Mynett, describes in the papers how her cheating partner made a 'shocking declaration of love' for the leftist firebrand.
He is also said to have taken their son to formally meet Omar at the Mynett family's favorite restaurant in Washington, D.C., when the reproductive health expert was out of town.
Despite being named in the Mynetts' divorce proceedings, Omar continued to dodge questions about her tangled private life.
She denied being separated from her husband Ahmed Hirsi then refused to comment further on 'personal matters', according to Esme Murphy, a reporter with Minneapolis-based WCCO-TV.
In October, DailyMail.com revealed that Omar and Mynett were not only dating, but living together 'on and off' at a secret DC apartment, while plotting romantic vacations to Jamaica and making plans for a long-term future together.
Insiders went so far as to suggest the pair are considering marriage once their respective divorces are finalized.
DailyMail.com further revealed that Mynett's estranged wife Beth, 55, was refusing to yield in divorce proceedings because she felt Omar is a risk to their 13-year-old son William's safety.
She wants primary custody and told friends there is 'no way' she will allow her child to be 'put in the cross hairs' should someone try to harm the firebrand lawmaker because of her political leanings.
In October, DailyMail.com revealed that Omar and Mynett were not only dating, but living together 'on and off' at a secret DC apartment, while plotting romantic vacations to Jamaica and making plans for a long-term future together
Mynett was seen whisking mom-of-three Omar around DC in his bright blue Ford Mustang. Insiders have gone so far as to suggest the pair will get married when their respective separations are finalized
The pair are careful not to be seen entering and leaving the rented digs at the same time but they spent at least six nights together in September, including Thursday, September 20 into Friday, September 21. Pictured: Omar leaving her apartment and getting into Mynett's car on September 26
A well-placed source told DailyMail.com: 'Tim is still pretending there is nothing going on but neither of them are fooling anyone. Omar is an elected representative, she is supposed to be transparent and truthful. She needs to be honest about why she's leaving her marriage and breaking up another one'. Pictured: Omar getting into Mynett's Mustang on September 26
The source added: 'The suspicion is that when their divorces are finalized they will quietly decide to make it official. Maybe then the lies, the hypocrisy, all the sneaking around will finally come to an end.' Pictured: Mynett with his arm dangling a cigarette out of his window while Omar hops into his waiting car on September 26
A well-placed source told DailyMail.com: 'Tim is still pretending there is nothing going on but neither of them are fooling anyone.
'Omar is an elected representative, she is supposed to be transparent and truthful. She needs to be honest about why she's leaving her marriage and breaking up another one.
'Right now they are more or less living together whenever she is in DC. They say they travel as business associates when they are staying in the same hotel rooms. They are even planning a romantic vacation at Christmas.
'The suspicion is that when their divorces are finalized they will quietly decide to make it official. Maybe then the lies, the hypocrisy, all the sneaking around will finally come to an end.'
DailyMail.com obtained photographic evidence that confirmed Omar and Mynett had been hooking up whenever the freshman lawmaker is in Washington, DC. for her congressional work.
Mynett was seen coming and going from her cozy basement apartment a few minutes from Capitol Hill with clothes, groceries and six packs of Stella Artois beer.
He's had been whisking Omar around DC in his bright blue Ford Mustang, despite her insistence she needs a constant security detail because of threats to her life.
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