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奥马尔近几个月因拒绝配合该欺诈丑闻的调查而饱受批评
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明尼苏达州民主党联邦众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔在福克斯新闻数字频道记者询问她是否会配合针对明尼苏达州“喂养我们的未来”计划的调查时，拒绝做出回应。
这位进步派议员被指与该丑闻的涉案人员存在关联，联邦检察官称这起丑闻让纳税人损失了约2.5亿美元。但当被问及与涉案人员的联系时，奥马尔保持沉默。
周一在国会大厦走廊被记者拦住时，记者问道：“你是否要求明尼苏达州民主党人在州级层面阻挠对‘喂养我们的未来’的调查传票？”奥马尔并未回应。
随后她又无视了第二个问题：“如果众议院监督委员会提出要求，你是否会配合该传票并提供相关文件？”
奥马尔团队就欺诈调查打破沉默，指责瓦尔兹和特朗普，新声明与此前表述矛盾
明尼苏达州民主党联邦众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔于2026年1月16日出席在圣保罗明尼苏达州参议院大楼举行的现场听证会，在遭遇袭击后继续举办市政厅活动。(吉姆·冯德拉斯卡/盖蒂图片社)
稿件发布后，奥马尔向福克斯新闻数字频道提供了一份声明，否认存在任何不当行为。
“任何声称我知晓这一欺诈计划的说法都是彻头彻尾的谎言，”奥马尔说道。“《膳食法案》是由特朗普总统签署成为法律的，在两党支持下作为一项更大规模立法方案的一部分获得通过。特朗普政府的农业部部长在该计划推出期间制定了监管框架。我一直致力于为儿童提供食物，并将继续确保我们的孩子不会挨饿。”
奥马尔补充道：“这起欺诈行为曝光后，我立即致信农业部部长，要求给出说法并追究责任。正如我从一开始就表明的那样，以喂养饥饿儿童为幌子窃取数百万美元，用于铺张的生活方式和奢侈开支，这是令人愤慨的。我很高兴艾米·博克以及所有参与这一可恶计划的人，都因欺诈纳税人、背叛弱势儿童而被追究责任。”
外界认为，奥马尔2020年提出的联邦新冠疫情救助法案《膳食法案》，将她与这起大规模丑闻联系在了一起。许多共和党人认为，她的法案快速扩大了餐饮场所的农业部豁免权限，为欺诈行为提供了可乘之机。
尽管存在这些担忧，这位明尼苏达州民主党议员近几个月来多次拒绝直接回应相关问题，也未提供有关她与这起欺诈案所谓关联的信息，包括她与一些已定罪欺诈者之间有据可查的联系。
明尼苏达州众议院欺诈防范与州机构监督委员会本月邀请她作证，并要求提供与欺诈丑闻相关的文件。奥马尔错过了回复截止日期，引发了一场未获通过的传票投票——该投票仅获得了所需6票中的5票，原因是民主党人阻挠了共和党主导的这项动议。
“她甚至没有回复，直接无视了我们，”明尼苏达州众议院欺诈防范与州机构监督委员会主席、州众议员克里斯汀·罗宾斯今年4月在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，当时奥马尔并未回应信息提供请求。
该委员会要求奥马尔提交所有能证明她如何推广联邦儿童营养项目扩大准入范围的沟通记录，包括与明尼苏达州教育部和选民的电子邮件、短信及会议记录。
此次调查请求还重点关注了奥马尔公开宣传过的一家明尼阿波利斯餐厅，该餐厅后来与该计划产生关联。罗宾斯提到了奥马尔的一次索马里语电视采访，当时奥马尔将“野生动物园餐厅”列为餐食分发点，并要求提供与该采访视频及该餐厅参与情况相关的所有沟通记录。
奥马尔回避提问，关于其申报财富大幅削减数百万美元的审查愈演愈烈
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6394713580112
众议员沃尔特·哈德森：奥马尔议员“极有可能”卷入数十亿美元的欺诈案
该委员会还要求提供奥马尔与一长串被指控或牵涉“喂养我们的未来”案的个人之间的任何联系记录，包括非营利组织创始人艾米·博克以及数十名涉嫌同谋者。
据明尼阿波利斯福克斯9台报道，博克目前因在这起计划中的角色面临最高50年的监禁刑期。
“许多配送站点都直接与她合作，因为很多经营者都来自同一个索马里社区，”博克最近在接受《纽约邮报》的狱中采访时谈到奥马尔时说道。“有很多人联系过她的办公室和工作人员——我推测也联系过她本人，以解决豁免权方面的一些缺口。”
就在上周，明尼苏达州众议院欺诈防范与州机构监督委员会发布了一份长达84页的报告，指责州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹的政府营造了一种“容忍文化”，使得欺诈者得以窃取数十亿美元的纳税人资金。
这份报告是在举行了24场听证会、收到数百份举报人证词之后发布的，证词指控监管存在失职，且内部警告被置之不理。
退伍军人认为，在“盗用荣誉的瓦尔兹”引发众怒之际，共和党在蓝州迎来机会
联邦调查局特工在指控明尼苏达州非营利组织“喂养我们的未来”的合作伙伴欺诈联邦政府数百万美元后，于2022年1月27日对该组织位于明尼苏达州圣安东尼的办公室进行了突袭。(莎丽·L·格罗斯/《明星论坛报》通过盖蒂图片社)
据该委员会透露，联邦餐饮项目欺诈案预计造成的损失达3亿美元，医疗补助欺诈案损失高达90亿美元，总损失远高于最初的预估。
报告还称，奥马尔的《膳食法案》放松了联邦营养项目的反欺诈保障措施，使得更难核实“喂养我们的未来”计划是否确实为儿童提供了餐食。
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WATCH: Omar silent when confronted on alleged ties to massive Minnesota fraud scandal
May 20, 2026 9:30am EDT / Fox News
Omar has faced criticism in recent months for not complying with investigations into the fraud scandal
By Andrew Mark Miller, Kiera McDonald, Fox News
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., refused to engage when asked by Fox News Digital if she would cooperate with the investigation into Minnesota’s “Feeding Our Future” scheme.
The progressive lawmaker is accused of having ties to those involved in the scandal that federal prosecutors say cost taxpayers roughly $250 million. But when asked about her connections, Omar stayed silent.
“Did you ask Minnesota Democrats to block the subpoena for the investigation of Feeding Our Future on the state level?” Omar was asked when confronted in the halls of Congress on Monday, but did not respond.
She then ignored a second question: “Would you cooperate with that subpoena and provide documents if they request it here in the House Oversight Committee?”
OMAR CAMP BREAKS SILENCE ON FRAUD PROBE, BLAMES WALZ, TRAMP AS NEW CLAIMS CLASH WITH EARLIER STATEMENTS
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)
After publication, Omar provided a statement to Fox News Digital denying any wrongdoing.
“Any claim that I had knowledge of this scheme is flat-out false,” Omar said. “The MEALS Act was signed into law by President Trump and passed with bipartisan support as part of a broader legislative package. Trump’s USDA Secretary set the regulatory framework during the rollout of the program. I have always championed feeding kids and will continue to ensure our children do not go hungry.”
Omar continued, “The moment this fraud came to light, I immediately sent a letter to the USDA Secretary demanding answers and accountability. As I stated from the beginning, stealing millions of dollars under the guise of feeding hungry children to bankroll lavish lifestyles and extravagant expenses is reprehensible. I’m grateful that Aimee Bock and every individual involved in this abhorrent scheme are being held accountable for defrauding taxpayers and betraying vulnerable children.”
It’s thought that Omar’s MEALS Act, a federal COVID-19 relief measure she sponsored in 2020, ties her to the massive scandal. Many Republicans argue her bill enabled the fraud by rapidly expanding USDA waiver authority at meal sites.
Despite the concerns, the Minnesota Democrat has declined multiple opportunities in recent months to directly answer questions or provide information on her alleged ties to the fraud, including documented ties to some of the convicted fraudsters.
The Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee invited her to testify this month, requesting documents tied to the fraud scandal. Omar missed the response deadline, triggering a failed subpoena vote that received only five of the six votes required to pass after Democrats blocked the GOP-led effort.
“She didn’t even respond, ghosted us,” state Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, told Fox News Digital in April when Omar did not respond to requests for information.
The committee asked 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.
OMAR DUCKS QUESTIONS AS SCRUTINY GROWS OVER FILINGS THAT SLASHED HER REPORTED WEALTH BY MILLIONS
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6394713580112
Rep Walter Hudson: It is ‘very likely’ Rep Omar was involved in billions of dollars of fraud
The committee also asked for 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.
Bock is currently facing a possible 50-year prison sentence for her role in the scheme, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported.
“A lot of the sites were working directly with her, being that a lot of the operators were from the same Somali community,” Bock recently said about Omar in a jailhouse interview with the New York Post. “There were a lot of people that had been reaching out to her office and staff — and I presume her personally — to work through some of those gaps with the waivers.”
Just last week, an 84-page report released by the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee accused Gov. Tim Walz’s administration of fostering a “culture of tolerance” that allowed fraudsters to steal billions in taxpayer dollars.
The report comes after two dozen hearings and hundreds of whistleblower tips alleging oversight failures and ignored internal warnings.
MILITARY VET SEES OPENING FOR GOP IN BLUE STATE AMID ‘EMBARRASSMENT’ OF ‘STOLEN VALOR WALZ’
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, Jan. 27, 2022, in St. Anthony, Minn.(Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
An estimated $300 million in federal meal program fraud and up to $9 billion in Medicaid fraud were stolen from taxpayers, a cost significantly higher than initially believed, according to the committee.
It also said Omar’s MEALS Act loosened anti-fraud safeguards in federal nutrition programs, making it harder to verify if children were actually being fed by the Feeding Our Future program.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Omar and Walz’s office for comment but did not hear back.
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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