Judge in Feeding Our Future case found Ilhan Omar’s relaxed provisions made food program ‘vulnerable to fraud’

Published August 26, 2026 6:00am ET | Updated August 26, 2026 8:01am ET



A judge who presided over the Feeding Our Future case out of Minnesota found that the child nutrition program’s relaxed enrollment provisions, originally introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and touted to her Somali constituents, made its reimbursement system “vulnerable to fraud.”

Aimee Bock, the convicted Feeding Our Future ringleader, filed an addendum on Friday to her appeal that attached those program integrity findings from U.S. Magistrate Judge David Schultz.

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