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Omar’s name linked closely to COVID-era fraud scheme

Jim Hoft writes for the Gateway Pundit about bad news for a member of the congressional “Squad.”

Fresh court exhibits from the massive $250 MILLION Feeding Our Future fraud trial have revealed that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s name appeared MULTIPLE times in email chains and text messages with convicted fraudster Aimee Bock, the mastermind behind the largest COVID-era fraud scheme targeting children’s nutrition programs.

According to trial exhibits unsealed in Aimee Bock’s case, Omar’s office was directly involved in communications with the fraud ring.

According to resurfaced trial exhibits from Bock’s 2025 conviction on wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery charges, one email chain between Bock and Omar’s office was literally titled “Ilhan’s Office.”

Another email from February 2021 carried the subject line “help with USDA food program,” right in the middle of the massive scam that funneled hundreds of millions in federal pandemic funds to fake meal sites, luxury cars, jewelry, and overseas real estate, according to the New York Post.

Text messages recovered during a raid of Bock’s Minnesota home also show direct communication between the fraudster and Omar’s congressional staff. …

… But that’s not all. Omar’s campaign received donations from multiple Feeding Our Future defendants, cash she only returned after the indictments started rolling in.

A former Omar staffer, Guhaad Hashi Said, pled guilty to his own role in the fraud scheme, admitting to running a bogus food site that pocketed millions.

And don’t forget the Safari Restaurant connection that screams “pay-to-play.” Omar celebrated her 2018 primary victory at the very same Somali-owned Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis – a key Feeding Our Future site later convicted of stealing over $16 million by claiming millions of “phantom meals” that never happened.

The restaurant’s co-owner, Salim Ahmed Said, used the stolen funds for a $2 million mansion and $9,000 monthly shopping sprees at Nordstrom while kids supposedly went hungry.

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