Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing fresh scrutiny in Minnesota after a state House oversight committee said she has not complied with a document request tied to the sprawling “Feeding Our Future” fraud scandal.
State Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, has been pressing Omar’s office for records and answers related to the congresswoman’s contacts, public messaging and potential connections to individuals linked to the case. Robbins has argued the committee’s deadline has come and gone without the response she says lawmakers requested.
Omar, a Democrat who represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, has been under pressure for weeks after Robbins accused her of “ghosting” the panel and declining to appear at a state hearing.
Robbins and other Republicans say the committee’s interest centers on Omar’s work around pandemic-era federal nutrition policy and how it intersected with the program that prosecutors say was exploited in one of the largest COVID-era fraud schemes in the country.
The Feeding Our Future case has drawn national attention after federal prosecutors alleged that hundreds of millions of dollars meant for child nutrition were siphoned off through fake meal counts, inflated invoices and coordinated paperwork. While Omar has not been charged in the case, Republicans have pointed to what they describe as unanswered questions and communications they want reviewed.
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