明尼苏达州议员试图传唤奥马尔就涉嫌欺诈作证失败,共和党领导人谈后续步骤


2026年5月5日 美国东部时间下午6:07 / 福克斯新闻

明尼苏达州众议员克里斯汀·罗宾斯表示,传票投票失败不会阻止调查欺诈行为或奥马尔与此关联的努力
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明尼苏达州众议员沃尔特·哈德逊在《威尔·凯恩秀》中谈论了众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔向明尼苏达州欺诈委员会提交有关“喂养我们的未来”涉嫌欺诈计划文件的最后期限等话题。

明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔拒绝回应明尼苏达州一个委员会要求提供更多信息的请求,以说明她与该州大规模欺诈丑闻的关联,这导致周二的传票投票失败,但该委员会主席表示还有更多选择。

此次传票需要委员会三分之二的投票赞成才能通过,尽管该委员会由共和党占多数,但仅获得了所需6票中的5票。

“我们曾多次联系伊尔汉·奥马尔众议员,邀请她作证并索要相关文件,”众议院欺诈预防与州机构监督委员会主席、州众议员克里斯汀·罗宾斯在投票前表示。“我们已经通过多种方式努力获取[信息],因为众所周知,奥马尔众议员确实参与其中,无论是否出于疏忽。她在2020年3月通过了《MEALS法案》,该法案取消了联邦学校营养计划的保护措施,为[欺诈]创造了条件。”

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2022年1月27日周四,在明尼苏达州圣安东尼市的办公室内,可以看到联邦调查局特工突袭明尼苏达州非营利组织“喂养我们的未来”办公室的痕迹。此前有指控称该组织的合作伙伴骗取了联邦政府数百万美元。特工们还突袭了“喂养我们的未来”执行董事艾米·博克的住宅。(摄影:莎里·L·格罗斯/明尼阿波利斯星坛报 via 盖蒂图片社)

“我确实认为传票很重要。这只是我们正在调查的数十件乃至数百件案件之一。我们收到了数百份举报人报告,而且每周都有新的举报提交,”罗宾斯补充道,她表示将继续尝试联系奥马尔的办公室以争取合作。“尽管委员会将不再举行正式听证会,但我们将继续调查这些举报人报告和欺诈网络。”

福克斯新闻数字频道周二就可能的后续步骤联系了罗宾斯。

他们的选择越来越少了,”罗宾斯在传票投票失败后谈到委员会的可选方案时说道。“但我肯定会和国会里的同仁们谈谈,看看他们是否愿意发出传票。我不知道他们会不会,但他们拥有同样的权力,而且这件事仍然与他们相关,因为这是一个被诈骗的联邦项目。所以我不知道他们是否愿意这么做,但值得一问。”

罗宾斯补充道,鉴于奥马尔是国会议员,联邦政府有“一整套法律选择”。

“他们有太多调查在进行中,我不知道这件事在他们的优先事项清单上排在什么位置,”罗宾斯说。

共和党对手指责奥马尔为明尼阿波利斯大规模欺诈打开大门:“有着千丝万缕的联系”

明尼苏达州众议员克里斯汀·罗宾斯(左)在2026年1月7日于华盛顿特区美国国会大厦举行的众议院监督与改革委员会听证会上发表开场陈述,与她一同作证的是明尼苏达州众议员沃尔特·哈德逊,此次听证会主题是特朗普政府决定冻结加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、伊利诺伊州、明尼苏达州和纽约州低收入家庭的100亿美元儿童保育资金。(摄影:奇普·萨莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社)

罗宾斯表示,上个月奥马尔“悄无声息地”缺席了一场聚焦《MEALS法案》的听证会,该法案是奥马尔牵头提出的2020年联邦新冠救济法案。

“明尼苏达州民众和众议院欺诈预防与州监督委员会成员对你未能出席委员会回答问题感到失望,”罗宾斯在信中写道,并要求奥马尔提交相关通讯记录,以展示她是如何推动扩大联邦儿童营养项目的准入范围的,包括与明尼苏达州教育部和选民之间的电子邮件、短信和会议记录。

此次调查请求还重点关注了奥马尔公开宣传的一家明尼阿波利斯餐厅,该餐厅后来与该项目产生关联。罗宾斯提到了奥马尔在索马里语电视节目中的一次露面,她在节目中将“狩猎餐厅”列为供餐点,并要求提供与该视频及餐厅参与相关的所有通讯记录。

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罗宾斯正在索要奥马尔与一系列被指控或卷入“喂养我们的未来”案件的个人之间的任何联系记录,其中包括非营利组织创始人艾米·博克以及数十名据称的同谋。

奥马尔回应委员会问询的最后期限是5月5日周二。

明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔2026年1月28日在明尼阿波利斯市的卡梅尔商场发表讲话。(摄影:埃里克·塞耶/洛杉矶时报 via 盖蒂图片社)

福克斯新闻数字频道联系了奥马尔的办公室置评。

“每次都是同样的剧本,”投票结束后罗宾斯在X平台上发帖称。“欺诈发生了,信息被压制,混乱仍在继续。”

Minnesota lawmakers fail at trying to get Omar to testify about alleged fraud, GOP leader talks next steps

May 5, 2026 6:07pm EDT / Fox News

State Rep Kristin Robbins says the failed subpoena vote will not stop efforts to investigate fraud or Omar’s ties to it

By Alec Schemmel , Andrew Mark Miller Fox News

Minnesota state Rep. Walter Hudson discusses Rep. Ilhan Omar’s deadline to turn over documents to the Minnesota Fraud Committee regarding the ‘Feeding Our Future’ alleged fraud scheme and more on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., refused to respond to a request from a Minnesota committee seeking more information on her ties to the massive fraud scandal in the state, prompting a failed subpoena vote on Tuesday, but the committee’s chair says more options exist.

The subpoena, which required a two-thirds committee vote in favor to pass, only got five out of the six votes needed despite the committee’s Republican majority.

“We have reached out to Representative Ilhan Omar on multiple occasions, inviting her to testify and inviting and requesting documents,” State Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, said ahead of the vote. “We have endeavored in multiple ways to get access to [information] because, as everyone knows, Representative Omar had had some role, whether inadvertent or not. She passed the MEALS Act in March of 2020, and that took the guardrails off the federal school nutrition program, which created the conditions for [fraud].”

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A week after FBI agents raided the offices of Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future after accusations the group’s partners defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars, evidence of the raid is seen in the offices Thursday, January 27, 2022 in St. Anthony, Minn. Agents also raided the home of Feeding Our Future executive director Aimee Bock.(Photo by Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

“I do think the subpoena is important. This is one of dozens, if not hundreds of things we are investigating. We have had hundreds of whistleblower reports. They continue to come in weekly,” Robbins added, noting she will continue to try to reach out to Omar’s office to get cooperation. “Even though the committee will no longer have official hearings we will continue to investigate these whistleblower reports and webs of fraud.”

Fox News Digital touched base with Robbins on Tuesday about possible next steps.

They’re fading,” Robbins said about the committee’s options after a failed subpoena vote. “But I’ll certainly talk to our friends in Congress to see if they would be willing to issue a subpoena. I don’t know if they are, but they would have the same authority and it’s still relevant to them because it’s a federal program that’s been swindled. So I don’t know if they would be willing to do it, but it’s worth asking.”

Robbins added that the federal government has a “whole menu of legal options” given that Omar is a member of Congress.

“They have so many investigations going on, I don’t know where this falls on the priority list,” Robbins said.

OMAR ACCUSED BY GOP OPPONENT OF OPENING UP THE DOOR TO MASSIVE MINNEAPOLIS FRAUD: ‘DEEP, DEEP TIES’

Minnesota State Rep. Kristin Robbins (L) delivers an opening statement as she testifies alongside Minnesota State Rep. Walter Hudson during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze $10 billion in child care funds for families with low incomes in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York at the U.S. Capitol on January 07, 2026 in Washington, DC.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Last month, Robbins says the congresswoman “ghosted” the committee by failing to appear to testify at a hearing focused on the MEALS Act, a federal COVID-19 relief measure passed in 2020 and sponsored by Omar.

“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 before 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.

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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.

The deadline for Omar to respond to the committee’s questions was Tuesday, May 5.

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 28, 2026.(Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Omar’s office for comment.

“It’s the same story every time,” Robbins posted on X after the vote. “Fraud is committed, information is suppressed, and the dysfunction continues.”

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