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Omar allies tied to massive Minnesota COVID meal fraud scheme involving Somali community

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Members of the inner circle of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., personally profited from the $1 billion welfare-fraud scandal in her district that has placed her Somali constituency under the White House microscope.Omar held events at one of the restaurants named in the fraud, knew one of its now-convicted owners, and had a staffer who was also convicted, the New York Post reported.In addition, Omar introduced the legislation that led to $250 million being defrauded from federal child-nutrition programs in COVID-19 aid, according to the newspaper.FEDERAL PROBE TARGETS ALLEGED MINNESOTA SOMALI FRAUD ‘...

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