“Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s name appears at least six times in recently resurfaced court documents from the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case, fueling speculation about whether the Minnesota socialist had a hand in the widespread scam in her district.
The documents were part of the 2025 federal trial of Aimee Bock, the founder of the Feeding our Future nonprofit who was convicted of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery for masterminding the scheme that falsely claimed to serve millions of meals to children while pocketing federal funds through bogus food sites and shell companies. Bock is in custody awaiting a sentencing hearing on May 21.
Omar came up in a Feb. 5, 2021 email chain with Bock, with the subject line “help with USDA food program,” the trial exhibits show.
The Congresswoman’s MEALS act loosened oversight of federally funded food programs during the pandemic, which critics said paved the way for the Feeding Our Future’s fake claims and inflated reimbursements.
A few days after Bock’s email to Omar, on Feb. 28, Bock exchanged messages with Abdikerm Eidleh, a Feeding Our Future employee who fled the country after he was indicted in 2022. The subject line of their emails was “Ilhan’s Office,” according to the court documents.
While the list of exhibits is public, the contents have been sealed by the court.
The exhibits also include a text message string between Bock and Omar, which was uncovered during a raid of Bock’s Minnesota house, records show.
Bock has been leaking documents from behind bars through her college-age son ahead of her sentencing to try to shift some of the blame to elected officials, Minnesota federal prosecutors have alleged.
It’s unclear if those leaked documents were related to Omar.
After she failed to show up last week to a hearing of the Minnesota Fraud Committee on the case, committee chair and state assemblywoman Kristin Robbins sent Omar a letter demanding she turn over correspondence related to the case.
“I think it shows just incredible arrogance and disdain for the people of Minnesota,” Robbins, who’s running as a GOP candidate to take over lefty Tim Waltz’s job as governor, told The Post.
“She is refusing to show up and answer questions in person, she’s refusing to respond to our requests for data, and I mean, honestly, she’s even refusing to respond at all. When I say they ghosted us, it’s because we’ve had no replies. She’s an elected public official, she should at least want to share with the public how her office was involved in this, and I think taxpayers deserve that.”
“We need to understand what they were communicating about.”
Omar has until May 5 to turn over documents to the committee.
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