Ilhan Omar Skips Her Own Hearing As Walls Close In On Fraud
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on April 23, 2026
By Trinity Hallinan
Ilhan Omar is catching fresh heat back home after skipping a Minnesota legislative hearing probing possible ties to the state’s massive COVID-era fraud scandal.
State Rep. Kristin Robbins, a Republican who chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee, sent Omar a formal letter dated April 22 demanding answers and documents after the congresswoman failed to show up for a committee hearing she was invited to attend.
“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 in the letter, obtained by Fox News Digital. Robbins said Omar was invited to testify about the MEALS Act, a 2020 federal COVID relief measure Omar sponsored that expanded access to child nutrition funding.
Robbins’ letter says Omar’s office did not respond to the invitation and now requests a detailed paper trail anyway, including communications tied to Omar’s public push for expanded meal program access.
Robbins is asking Omar to produce emails, texts and meeting records involving the Minnesota Department of Education, constituents and outside groups connected to the child nutrition programs that later became central to the Feeding Our Future case.
The letter also zeroes in on Omar’s promotion of Safari Restaurant, a Minneapolis business later linked to the program. Robbins cited a Somali-language TV appearance in which Omar highlighted Safari Restaurant as a meal distribution site and demanded communications related to the video and the restaurant’s participation.
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