Squad Rep. Ilhan Omar’s name appears at least six times in court documents that recently resurfaced in the $250 million Feed Our Future fraud case, raising speculation about whether the Minnesota socialist had a hand in the widespread fraud in her district.
The documents were part of the 2025 federal trial of Amy Bock, the founder of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future who was convicted of fraud, conspiracy and bribery for orchestrating a scheme that falsely claimed to provide millions of meals to children while pocketing federal funds through bogus food websites and front companies. Bock is in custody awaiting his sentencing hearing on May 21.
Omar appeared in a February 5, 2021 email thread with Book, titled “USDA Food Program Assistance,” demos show.
The congresswoman’s Lunches Act eased oversight of federally funded food programs during the pandemic, which critics said paved the way for false “Feed Our Future” claims and inflated reimbursements.
A few days after Bock’s email to Omar, on February 28, Bock exchanged messages with Abdulkarim Idla, a Feed Our Future employee who fled the country after being indicted in 2022. The address of their emails was “Olhan’s Office,” according to court documents.
While the exhibits list is public, its contents have been sealed by the court.
The exhibits also include a series of text messages between Bock and Omar, which were discovered during a raid on Bock’s home in Minnesota, records show.
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota alleged that Bock leaked documents from behind bars through her college-age son before her sentencing in an attempt to shift some of the blame to elected officials.
It is unclear whether these leaked documents are related to Omar.
After she failed to show up last week for a Minnesota Fraud Commission hearing on the case, the commission’s chairwoman and state Assemblywoman Christine Robbins sent a message to Omar They are required to hand over correspondence related to the case.
“I think this shows incredible arrogance and disdain for the people of Minnesota,” Robbins, who is running as the GOP nominee to take on left-wing Gov. Tim Walz, told The Washington Post.
“She refuses to come in and answer questions in person, she refuses to respond to our requests for data, and I mean, frankly, she refuses to respond at all. And when I say they hounded us, it’s because we didn’t receive any responses. She’s an elected public servant, and she should at least share with the public how her office was involved in this matter, and I think the taxpayers deserve that.”
“We needed to understand what they were communicating about.”
Omar has until May 5 to submit the documents to the committee.
Her office did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.