Overview
- Aimee Bock, the founder of Feeding Our Future convicted in March 2025, alleged in a new interview that Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about Minnesota’s pandemic-era child-nutrition fraud.
- Her accusation has not been independently corroborated, Omar has not been charged in the case, and Omar’s office did not respond to the New York Post’s request for comment.
- Minnesota’s Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee asked the U.S. House Oversight Committee to subpoena Omar after a state report said key Democrats helped create conditions that enabled the fraud.
- Bock’s case stems from a $250 million scheme in which operators filed fake meal claims, and prosecutors are seeking a 100-year sentence for her as she awaits sentencing and calls herself a scapegoat.
- Coverage ties Omar’s 2020 MEALS Act and USDA waivers to looser oversight, notes her 2020 video at Safari restaurant, and cites convictions that include Safari co-owner Salim Said for $16 million and a St. Paul site owner after Bock says she warned state officials.