Overview
- Minnesota House Republicans, who announced the request Friday, asked House Oversight Chair James Comer and Sen. Ted Cruz to help obtain Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office records tied to the Feeding Our Future case.
- The push followed Tuesday’s failed subpoena vote in the seven-member state fraud panel, where all three Democrats opposed and Republicans fell one vote short of the two-thirds needed.
- The records at issue come from U.S. v. Bock exhibit lists that name at least three email chains and one text thread between founder Aimee Bock and Omar’s office plus a site video featuring Omar, none of which were shown at trial.
- Republicans argue Omar’s 2020 MEALS Act loosened school meal rules during the pandemic in ways they say opened gaps for fraud, though the law passed as part of a bipartisan COVID package.
- Omar has not been charged in the federal probe and her office did not provide an immediate comment, as prosecutors continue cases over an alleged $250 million scheme that siphoned child nutrition money.