Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) faced intense scrutiny Sunday over allegations that individuals in her orbit were key players in a massive scheme to defraud American taxpayers.
During a segment on Face the Nation, the Minnesota Democrat tried to brush off claims from the Treasury Secretary that people tied to her campaign were involved in the “Feeding Our Future” scandal—a brazen theft of over $1 billion in COVID-19 relief funds.
Omar flatly rejected the Treasury’s concerns, telling host Margaret Brennan that the Secretary is wrong.
“I don’t think the Secretary himself understands what he’s referring to. We obviously had people who were able to donate to our campaign that were involved,” said Omar.
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While she was forced to admit that fraudsters had donated to her campaign, she insisted those funds were returned years ago. She then attempted to flip the narrative, claiming she was actually the one who first flagged the “reprehensible fraud” to federal agencies.
The scandal is the largest pandemic fraud case in U.S. history, with 87 people charged, nearly all from the Somali community Omar represents.
When Brennan pressed her on new inquiries from House Republicans and the Treasury regarding potential links between the stolen loot and terrorism, Omar deflected.
She argued that if U.S. tax dollars were funding terror, it was a failure of the FBI and the courts for missing it, rather than addressing the serious accusations facing her district directly.
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