From the Washington Examiner,
Minnesota fraud committee suspects Ilhan Omar of involvement in Feeding Our Future scheme.
The House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight committee met yesterday. Here is the complete video,
The Examiner reports,
At a Minnesota House fraud hearing, members of the GOP-led Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee pointed to Omar’s sponsorship of a bill that drastically relaxed eligibility requirements for food distributors to be able to receive reimbursements through the meal delivery program.
In 2020, Omar introduced the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act, which granted waivers allowing nonschool-based distributors to participate in the program and claim compensation for the cost of meals supposedly served.
During the hearing (beginning at 30:19) the committee played a video shot by Omar herself at the Safari Restaurant in south Minneapolis. Thanks to Omar’s MEALS Act, Safari became Minnesota’s largest nonschool-based food distributor under her waiver, taking in more than $12 million from 2021-2022.
Safari’s owner, Salim Said, is now a convicted felon for stealing from her MEALS Act program. Two of Said’s business partners donated to Rep. Omar’s congressional re-election campaign.
In the video, Omar speaks in Somali with English subtitles. Rep. Omar declined a request to appear in person in front of the committee.
At that same hearing yesterday, your correspondent testified (beginning at 54:30) on state Attorney General Keith Ellison’s selective use of his civil prosecution powers to go after (or not pursue) fraud-linked nonprofit corporations.
