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奥马尔未回应邀请，也未出席本周在明尼苏达州举行的一场欺诈听证会
作者：安德鲁·马克·米勒，福克斯新闻
独家报道： 明尼苏达州共和党议员正在要求明尼苏达州联邦众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔作出解释，此前这位民主党议员未出席一场旨在调查她与这场大规模疫情时期欺诈丑闻潜在关联的州级听证会。
州众议院欺诈预防与州机构监督委员会主席克里斯汀·罗宾斯州议员于4月22日向奥马尔发送了一封正式信函，批评她缺席受邀参加的原定委员会听证会，并要求提供与近几个月受到全国关注的“喂养我们的未来”调查相关的大量文件。
“明尼苏达州民众以及众议院欺诈预防与州监督委员会成员都对你未能出席我们委员会接受质询感到失望，”罗宾斯在福克斯新闻数字频道获得的信函中写道，她指的是奥马尔缺席一场聚焦《MEALS法案》的听证会。该法案是2020年通过的联邦新冠疫情救助法案，由奥马尔牵头发起。
尽管奥马尔缺席，罗宾斯表示委员会仍希望得到答案，如今除了信函中列出的多个问题外，还正式要求这位联邦众议员的办公室提供相关记录。
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2026年1月16日，明尼苏达州联邦众议员伊尔汗·奥马尔在圣保罗明尼苏达州参议院大楼出席一场现场听证会，此前遭遇袭击后继续开展市政厅活动。（吉姆·冯德拉斯卡/盖蒂图片社）
罗宾斯要求奥马尔提供能证明她如何推动扩大联邦儿童营养项目准入范围的通讯记录，包括与明尼苏达州教育部和选民之间的电子邮件、短信及会议记录。
此次调查请求还聚焦于奥马尔公开推介的一家明尼阿波利斯餐厅，该餐厅后来被指与该项目有关联。罗宾斯提到了一场索马里语电视采访，奥马尔在采访中强调了萨法里餐厅作为餐食分发点的角色，并要求提供与该视频及该餐厅参与情况相关的所有通讯记录。
周二的委员会会议上播放了这段推介视频，议员们就此讨论了奥马尔与明尼阿波利斯索马里社区内与欺诈行为相关人员的关联，这一话题此前已被福克斯新闻数字频道广泛报道。
共和党议员在明尼苏达州欺诈丑闻损失数十亿后推出瓦尔兹法案
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罗宾斯还要求奥马尔提供她与一系列已被起诉或牵涉“喂养我们的未来”案件的人员之间的任何联系记录，包括非营利组织创始人艾米·博克以及数十名据称的同谋者。
“她甚至都没有回应，彻底失联了，”罗宾斯在谈及奥马尔无视出席听证会的邀请时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“而她提出的《MEALS法案》恰恰创造了让‘喂养我们的未来’这类事件得以发生的条件。”
当被问及奥马尔是否曾回应过委员会的任何请求时，罗宾斯表示：“没有，我们发送了多封电子邮件、多封信函，都石沉大海。”
这封信函还就奥马尔收到的来自后来被起诉的涉案人员的政治捐款提出质疑，要求提供“任何及所有”与这些捐赠者的通讯记录。
正在竞选明尼苏达州州长的罗宾斯要求奥马尔在5月5日前提交书面答复及所要求的材料。
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这封信函标志着共和党主导的对“喂养我们的未来”丑闻的审查进一步升级。联邦检察官表示，该丑闻涉及新冠疫情期间数十亿美元纳税人资助的儿童营养救助资金被窃取，这场更大规模的欺诈危机总损失据信高达数百亿美元。
有关奥马尔与明尼苏达州欺诈丑闻关联的质疑，只是这位议员目前面临的多起争议之一。她正面临针对其个人财务披露情况的道德调查，以及副总统J·D·万斯提出的她犯下移民欺诈的指控。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系奥马尔的办公室置评。
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MN lawmaker takes action to get answers on Omar’s alleged fraud ties after she skips key hearing: ‘Ghosted us’
April 23, 2026 9:04am EDT / Fox News
Omar did not respond to an invitation or show up to a fraud hearing in Minnesota this week
By Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News
FIRST ON FOX: A Minnesota Republican lawmaker is demanding answers from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after the Democrat failed to appear at a state hearing examining her potential connections to the sprawling pandemic-era fraud scandal.
State Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, sent a formal letter to Omar on April 22 criticizing her absence from a scheduled committee hearing she was invited to and requesting extensive documentation related to the “Feeding Our Future” investigation that has gained national attention in recent months.
“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, referring to Omar’s no-show at a hearing focused on the MEALS Act, a federal COVID-19 relief measure passed in 2020 and sponsored by Omar.
Despite Omar’s absence, Robbins said the committee still expects answers and is now formally requesting records from the congresswoman’s office in addition to several questions outlined in the letter.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., attends a field hearing at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul on Jan. 16, 2026, continuing the town hall event following an attack.(Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Robbins is asking Omar to turn over communications showing how she promoted expanded access to federal child nutrition programs, including emails, texts and meeting records with the Minnesota Department of Education and constituents.
The request also zeroed in on Omar’s public promotion of a Minneapolis restaurant that later became linked to the program. Robbins cited a Somali-language TV appearance in which Omar highlighted Safari Restaurant as a meal distribution site and asked for all communications related to the video and the restaurant’s participation.
The video of that promotion was played during Tuesday’s committee meeting as the lawmakers discussed the ties between Omar and individuals within the Minneapolis Somali community associated with the fraud, a subject Fox News Digital has extensively reported on.
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Robbins is seeking records of any contact between Omar and a long list of individuals charged or implicated in the Feeding Our Future case, including nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and dozens of alleged co-conspirators.
“She didn’t even respond, ghosted us,” Robbins told Fox News Digital about Omar ignoring an invitation to appear at the hearing. “And her Meals Act is what created the conditions that allowed Feeding Our Future to happen.”
When asked if Omar has ever responded to any requests from the committee, Robbins said, “No, we’ve sent multiple emails, multiple letters, nothing.”
The letter also raises questions about political donations Omar received from individuals later charged in the case, requesting “any and all” communications with those donors.
Robbins, who is running for governor of Minnesota, has asked Omar to provide a written response and the requested materials by May 5.
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The letter marks the latest escalation in Republican-led scrutiny of the Feeding Our Future scandal, which federal prosecutors say involved the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded child nutrition aid during the COVID-19 pandemic under the backdrop of a larger fraud crisis that is believed to be in the tens of billions of dollars.
Questions about Omar’s ties to the Minnesota fraud scandal represent just one of several controversies she currently finds herself in the middle of as she is facing a possible ethics investigation into her personal financial disclosures as well as accusations, notably from Vice President JD Vance, that she committed immigration fraud.
Fox News Digital reached out to Omar’s office for comment.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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