Omar "ghosted" MN hearing on her alleged fraud ties: lawmakers take action

Minnesota Republican lawmaker Kristin Robbins doesn't mess around. She is demanding answers from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after the serial controversy magnet failed to show up at a state hearing looking into her possible connections to the massive pandemic-era fraud scandal that is still making national headlines.

State Rep. Robbins, who chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, fired off a formal letter to Omar on April 22. In it she roasted Omar, a woman who allegedly married her own brother, for blowing off the scheduled committee hearing she had been invited to attend and demanded a pile of documentation tied to the infamous "Feeding Our Future" investigation.

"Minnesotans and the Members of the House Fraud Prevention & State Oversight Committee were disappointed that you failed to appear before our committee to answer questions," Robbins wrote in the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital. The hearing zeroed in on the MEALS Act, that federal COVID-19 relief measure from 2020 sponsored by none other than Omar herself.

Even though Omar pulled her usual no-show routine, Robbins made it clear the committee still wants answers. They are now formally requesting records from Omar’s office along with responses to a list of pointed questions laid out in the letter.

Robbins wants to see communications showing how Omar pushed for expanded access to federal child nutrition programs. That includes emails, texts, and meeting records with the Minnesota Department of Education and various constituents.

The request also takes a hard look at her very public promotion of a Minneapolis restaurant that later popped up in connection with the program. Robbins pointed to a Somali-language TV appearance where Omar hyped up Safari Restaurant as a meal distribution site and demanded all communications related to that video and the restaurant’s involvement in the scheme.

That same video was played during Tuesday’s committee meeting while lawmakers dug into Omar’s ties to those in the Minneapolis Somali community linked to the fraud. Fox News Digital [and now Brain Flushings] has been all over this story for a while now.

Robbins is also seeking records of any contact between Omar and a lengthy list of people who have been charged or implicated in the Feeding Our Future case. That includes nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and dozens of alleged co-conspirators.

"She didn't even respond, ghosted us," Robbins told the outlet about the Democrat congresswoman ignoring the invitation to appear. "And her Meals Act is what created the conditions that allowed Feeding Our Future to happen."

When asked if Omar has ever bothered responding to any requests from the committee, Robbins replied, "No, we’ve sent multiple emails, multiple letters, nothing."

The letter further probes political donations Omar received from people who later got hit with charges in the case. It asks for "any and all" communications with those donors.

Robbins, who is running for governor of Minnesota, gave Omar until May 5 to cough up a written response and all the requested materials. That seems like plenty of time to get her act together. 

This latest move is just another escalation in the Republican-led effort to get to the bottom of the Feeding Our Future scandal. Federal prosecutors say it involved the theft of hundreds of millions in taxpayer-funded child nutrition aid during the COVID panic. It sits inside a broader fraud disaster believed to total in the tens of billions.

Omar’s possible connections to this Minnesota mess are only part of the fun. She is also staring down a possible ethics investigation into her personal financial disclosures and fresh accusations, including some from Vice President JD Vance, that she committed immigration fraud. The evidence that she married her brother to get him immigration status into the country is pretty damning.

Just another Tuesday in the life of the congresswoman who never seems to run out of scandals along with her dislike for white men, Israel, and the good old USA.

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