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NEWS RELEASE
CHAIR ROBBINS SEEKS CONGRESSIONAL HELP IN OBTAINING REP. OMAR’S CORRESPONDENCE WITH CONVICTED FRAUDSTERS
ST. PAUL – In an effort to obtain communications between Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and the defendants in the Feeding Our Future case, State Representative Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove), who chairs the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Oversight Committee, has requested assistance from the United States Congress.
Robbins has sent letters to both Congressman James Comer, Chair of the House Oversight Committee, and Senator Ted Cruz, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights.
This week, Democrats in the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention Committee rejected the motion to authorize a subpoena of communications between Rep. Omar’s office and defendants in the Feeding Our Future case, which appeared in a list of trial exhibits in the federal criminal case US v. Bock.
“Minnesota House Democrats chose to protect Representative Omar rather than support our effort to get the truth,” Robbins said. “Without at least one Democrat vote in support of the motion to subpoena these communications, we cannot get the two-thirds majority required to compel Rep. Omar produce the documents.” The House Fraud Prevention Committee has 5 Republican and 3 Democrat members.
Robbins noted that Rep. Omar has failed to respond to repeated invitations to appear before the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention Committee. After again failing to respond to an April 22, 2026 letter requesting the communications by May 5th, the Committee attempted to use its last remaining tool – issuing a subpoena.
“I hope the federal oversight committees will be able to help us get the facts about Representative Omar’s involvement in the case,” Robbins said. “She authored the MEALS Act, which took the guardrails off the federal nutrition program and created the conditions that enabled the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme. If she has nothing to hide, she should testify before our committee and produce the trial exhibits.”
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