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Tim Walz
@Tim_Walz
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Aug 21
As Governor of Minnesota, I made sure students are fed breakfast and lunch – no questions asked.
While other states banned books from their schools, we banished hunger from ours.
Tony Seruga
@TonySeruga
Yes, let’s talk about that fraud. Feeding our Future was a non-profit organization based in Minnesota that was supposed to feed the children. Up until the day their offices were raided by the FBI. Walz promoted the program.
In 2022, members of the organization were accused of defrauding the state's USDA-funded school nutrition programs of at least $250 million over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 20, 2022, the U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced federal charges against 47 former Feeding Our Future employees for their involvement in the nation's largest pandemic-related fraud scheme.
In the spring of 2024, a group of seven individuals were the first to go to trial. Near the end of the trial, an attempt was made to bribe a juror in the case to vote to acquit with $120,000 in cash.
The juror reported the incident and was dismissed to avoid the appearance of impropriety, along with another who heard about the incident from a relative. The jury was sequestered for the remainder of the trial. Of the first seven defendants, five were convicted on most charges against them, while two were acquitted.
Several weeks later, five individuals, including three of the defendants from the first trial, were indicted on charges related to the bribery. One of those indicted for bribery had been acquitted of fraud during the trial.
In July 2024, Abdimajid Nur, one of those convicted in June in the Feeding Our Future Fraud, pleaded guilty to one count of bribing a juror.
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More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS
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Mar 17, 2023
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a law guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for all students in the state, regardless of how much money their parents make. Tens of thousands of food-insecure kids will benefit.
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