Ilhan Omar marries Tim Mynett, her controversial political consultant

U.S Congresswoman Ilhan Omar announced Wednesday that she has married Tim Mynett, a political consultant she has worked with.

Omar announced their marriage in an Instagram post that did not name Mynett. 

“Got married! From partners in politics to life partners, so blessed,” Omar’s Instagram post said. A spokesman for Omar said the two also married in the Islamic faith.

Ilhan finalized her divorce from husband Ahmed Hirsi in November.

“There has been an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage relationship,” Omar claimed in court documents filed on her 38th birthday.

According to documents, neither partner was seeking an order of protection and she asked the court to grant them “joint legal and physical custody” of their three minor children.

That came several months after Mynett’s wife, a Washington, D.C., physician, alleged in court filings that he left her after becoming romantically involved with Omar. 

Mynett and his wife have also since finalized their divorce.

Both Omar and Mynett had denied having an affair.