Omar Ashmawy

Omar Ashmawy is staff director and chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics.^[1]

He was born in Jersey City but grew up in Westfield, New Jersey.^[2] His father was an immigrant from Egypt. His mother was an immigrant from Italy.^[3][2] His mother was Catholic, but Ashmawy was reared in his father's faith tradition and grew up as a practicing Muslim.^[2]

Ashmawy attended George Washington University, earning both an undergraduate and a law degree.^[4] He joined the United States Air Force after law school, serving in the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG).^[4][2] As JAG staff, he was one of the four prosecutors on the Salim Hamdan terrorism case.^[2][5]

In September 2022, Ashmawy was arrested for, and would later be charged with, Driving under the influence (DUI).^[6]