Aimee Bock/Star Tribune mystery deepens

So where did the Minneapolis Star Tribune get hundreds of confidential FBI witness interview reports? Why was the Star Tribune using these reports to intimidate witnesses in an ongoing federal criminal fraud investigation?

None of the these mysteries were cleared up by today’s court appearance by Aimee Bock, Feeding Our Future founder and convicted felon.

Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV was there and filed this report:

Aimee Bock admits leakıng documents, but just not the reeeeeeally sensitive documents. The judge ordered her attorney to figure out what exactly was leaked. pic.twitter.com/lmFCXeTLNh

— Lou Raguse (@LouNewsMan) April 30, 2026

I was the first media person to break this story back on Tuesday, after coming across a court filing introduced by the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota (USAO) in the Bock case. Prosecutors wrote,

Then, on April 21, 2026, the government learned that a reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune had contacted a lawyer representing a cooperating witness in the Feeding Our Future case. The reporter stated to the lawyer that they had obtained copies of reports of two of the witnesses’ law enforcement interviews and intended to quote extensively from them in an upcoming article about the conduct of certain uncharged individuals.

Yesterday, Raguse posted a statement from the Star Tribune that reads like a nondenial denial,

The Minnesota Star Tribune cannot comment on stories we may or may not be working on, or on our reporting process. Any assertion that our editor has coordinated with Bock’s counsel is simply untrue.

Curiouser and Curiouser.

My friend Scott Johnson of Power Line attended yesterday’s hearing and confirms that the Star Tribune sent a reporter to yesterday’s court hearing, but no story has been published, so far.

Every other outlet in town managed to cover the story:

• St. Paul Pioneer Press: Judge restricts Feeding Our Future ringleader’s Dropbox access after leak of case documents
• MPR News: Feeding Our Future judge limits Bock’s document access after file leak
• WCCO Radio: Feds want restrictions, sanctions for Aimee Bock after repeated leaks of Feeding our Future documents
• WCCO-4: Feeding Our Future ringleader leaked protected documents from jail to minimize her role in fraud scheme, prosecutors say
• KSTP-5: Federal judge restricts Feeding Our Future founder’s access to evidence after sensitive documents leaked
• Fox 9: Convicted Feeding Our Future ringleader appears in court, accused of leaking documents