Good morning Mr. President. For your files.

This file is on a Democrat.

On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Minnesota House committee tasked with examining the state's pandemic-era fraud — a state legislative body, not a federal one — voted to issue a subpoena to Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District. The committee was seeking, in writing, records of any communications between Representative Omar and a list of individuals charged or implicated in the Feeding Our Future fraud case, including the nonprofit's founder Aimee Bock and dozens of alleged co-conspirators. The committee was also asking for records of any political donations Representative Omar may have received from individuals later charged in the case.

She declined to respond, both publicly and privately, to multiple requests preceding the vote.

The committee's subpoena required a two-thirds majority. It received five votes. The subpoena failed.

The committee chair stated, on the record, that the investigation continues and that additional options to obtain the requested information remain available.

The underlying scandal — what is on the record. Feeding Our Future was a pandemic-era nonprofit that, between roughly 2020 and 2022, claimed to be serving more than 125 million meals to children across Minnesota under federal child-nutrition programs. Federal prosecutors later determined that the network of shell nonprofits operating under that umbrella siphoned more than $240 million in federal funds. The scheme submitted attendance rosters listing 2,040 purported children, of whom only 20 actually matched any school district's records. Since the first charges in 2022, federal prosecutors have charged close to 80 defendants. At least 65 have been convicted. Sentences have run up to 28 years in federal prison.

What the auditor said. The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, in its June 2024 review, found that the state Department of Education had ignored at least 30 separate complaints flagging Feeding Our Future before the federal raids began. The auditor's office is non-partisan. The 30-complaint figure is on the public record.

What is on the record about Representative Omar — and what is not. She has not been charged with any wrongdoing in this case. She has not been named as a target of the federal investigation. The state committee's investigation is examining whether any communications or financial relationships exist between her office and individuals implicated in the case. As of Tuesday, the committee's request for that information has not been answered. The request was specific. The refusal was specific. Both are public.

What is not on the record, and what we cannot tell you on this site this morning: whether the requested communications exist, whether any campaign donations from later-charged individuals were material in size or timing, and whether the refusal is principled, strategic, or both. We are reporting what is on the record. We are noting what is not.

The standard. A sitting member of Congress declining to engage with a state-level oversight process — about one of the largest pandemic frauds prosecuted in this country — is news. It would be news on the same standard if a Republican member of Congress declined to engage with a Democratic-led oversight process. We have applied that standard to Republicans on this site every morning this week. We are applying it here.

The committee chair has said additional options remain. We will be reading the next public action the committee takes. So will, presumably, you.

Mr. President — file this one. The standard is the same one we applied to your drug-prices claim in this morning's other file. Same paper. Same byline. Same morning.

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