Here’s a fast fact for you… A Juror was offered $240K to acquit Somali M*slim migrants who on trial for the Minnesota ‘Feeding Our Family’ fraud scheme under Gov. Tim Walz
It happened in 2024 during the trial of seven defendants charged with embezzling $40 million from a COVID relief program meant to feed underprivileged children.
The scheme ultimately involved nearly 70 ‘prominent m*slim migrants and the democrat party in what ended up being the biggest Pandemic-era fraud scheme.
According to court records, a 23-year-old juror, identified as Juror #52, received an unexpected visit at her home on a Sunday evening, just before the trial was set to wrap.
A woman arrived at the juror’s home carrying a bag with $120,000 in cash inside.
The woman left the money with the juror’s father with a message, vote to acquit the defendants and get another bag of money.
The juror immediately called law enforcement and handed over the cash – filled bag – which had bundles of $100, $50, and $20 bills.
The next day, Judge Nancy Brasel was told what happened. She then dismissed Juror #52 from the case.
The Judge sequestered the remaining jurors and questioned each one individually to see if they had been approached or influenced.
The judge also ordered an FBI investigation into the bribery attempt, with the cash and bag turned over to authorities for analysis.
The bribery attempt raised speculation about its origins with some, including a Somali community leader, pointing to the defendants’ possible connections to overseas entities, such as al-Shabaab, however evidence directly linking the bribery to the terrorist group was not discovered.
The community leader said that these types of bribery tactics were unusual for local disputes but like the corruption seen in Somalia.
The Feeding Our Future scandal exposed a massive fraud scheme of dozens of prominent Islamic migrant figures, many with close connections to the Democratic Party and government roles, who allegedly stole millions from federal child nutrition programs.
It centered in Ilhan Omar’s Minneapolis
Some of the people charged:
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 39, of Burnsville, alleged to have solicited bribes and kickbacks from sponsored sites and believed to have fled to Mogadishu, Somalia
Abdi Nur Salah, 34, a former senior policy aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey; and Mohamed Noor, a well-known community journalist and owner of Xogmaal Media Group.
The defendants and their associated nonprofits allegedly set up shell companies to launder money, fabricated lists of nonexistent children, and exaggerated meal counts to defraud federal funds.
Here are the seven defendants involved in the first trial:
Said Shafii Farah,
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah,
Mohamed Jama Ismail,
Abdimajid Mohamed Nur,
Abdiwahab Maalim Aftin,
Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, and
Hayat Mohamed Nur
Five of the seven were convicted
