Overview
- The House Fraud Prevention Committee’s subpoena, which needed a two-thirds vote, failed 5-3 at a Tuesday hearing.
- Chair Kristin Robbins said Rep. Ilhan Omar missed the May 5 deadline to provide emails and other records the panel requested.
- Lawmakers asked for messages between Omar’s office and figures in the scheme, including Safari Restaurant owners, Aimee Bock, and campaign aide Guhaad Hashi Said, which prosecutors listed as exhibits in the Bock trial.
- Republicans say Omar’s 2020 MEALS Act eased oversight in school meal programs and set conditions for abuse, and Omar has not been accused or charged in the case.
- With federal cases still moving and FBI and Homeland Security conducting late-April searches, Republicans may seek a congressional subpoena as DFL members urge leaving the matter to ongoing federal probes.