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Rep. Ilhan Omar violated campaign finance law by using campaign funds to pursue an affair with married Democratic consultant Tim Mynett, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Wednesday.Beth Mynett said in her filing that her husband's "more recent travel and long work hours now appear to be more related to his affair with Rep. Omar than with his actual work commitments."Omar's campaign disbursed $21,547 to cover travel expenses for E. Street Group across eight payments from April through June, FEC records show. Tim Mynett, 38, is a partner with the company, according to his LinkedIn profile and is one of the company's governors, according to business filings submitted D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.The NLPC noted that FEC regulations prohibit the use of campaign funds for personal travel unless the candidate's personal funds are used to reimburse their campaign."Rep. Omar's filings do not reveal subsequent reimbursements for Mynett's travel," the NLPC stated.Omar and Tim Mynett were also pictured together in late May at an event hosted by CAIR-Washington.NLPC investigator Tom Anderson previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation:Omar, 37, was fined $500 by the Minnesota campaign finance and public disclosure board in June and ordered repay her campaign just under $3,500 for using campaign funds to travel to a conference in Florida. (RELATED: Ilhan Omar Dinged For Campaign Finance Violations, Ordered To Personally Repay Campaign Thousands) Omar has been married twice to her current husband, Ahmed Hirsi. The Daily Mail reported in July that the pair had split and were headed for a second divorce.The Minnesota Democrat denied that she was separated from her husband or dating somebody during an interview Tuesday with CBS Minnesota "No, I am not," Omar said. "I have no interest in allowing the conversation about my personal life to continue and so I have no desire to discuss it."Omar is the second sitting member of Congress alleged to have used campaign funds to pursue romantic affairs.Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California and his wife were indicted in 2018 for taking more than $250,000 from his campaign to fund personal vacations and their children's tuition.The Justice Department also alleged that Hunter used campaign funds to fund at least five extramarital affairs, Politico reported.Hunter's criminal trial is scheduled to start in January.The Omar campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.