Lawmakers on the Minnesota House fraud prevention and oversight committee say that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is refusing to turn over records of her office’s past correspondence with Feeding Our Future’s ringleader. State legislators suspect that the missing messages show proof that the Minnesota congresswoman was involved in the $250 million reimbursement scheme originating in her congressional district.Documents containing their communications were entered as government exhibits in the federal fraud trial of Aimee Bock, the convicted mastermind of Feeding Our Future. While the list of exhibits is public, their contents were sealed by the court, as other defendants are still facing charges.Omar was named in multiple trial exhibits submitted by federal prosecutors in United States v. Bock, according to accompanying descriptions of the entries.
The court documents indicate that congressional staffers in Omar’s office were corresponding with Bock over email and text at the time that Feeding Our Future was stealing millions of dollars in child nutrition funds from a free food program meant to feed children during the COVID-19 crisis.
Trial exhibits capture Omar’s office communicating on multiple occasions with Bock
