It took a third try, but Ahmed Ghedi. defendant No. 13 in the sprawling free-food scandal, entered the 40th guilty plea in the case to become the 47th person convicted.…
We have more courtroom trials stacked up in America’s largest free-food scandal, beginning in August. The August trial currently includes five defendants, Nos. 11-14 and No. 16. The first four…
Repeat after me: It’s a $300 million+ scandal. MPR News has been monitoring some of the other litigation spun off from the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Partners in Nutrition,…
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, now age 36, pled guilty to one count of attempted bribery of a juror at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis this morning. Your correspondent was there.…
Ahmed Ghedi, Defendant No. 13 in the free-food scandal, was scheduled to become the 47th individual convicted in the fraud case, so far. He was present and on time at…
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on the hundreds of suspects never charged in the free-food scandal. A non-paywall version can be found here. The headline: ‘Hundreds’ had ties to Feeding…
In a letter sent Wednesday to the Chair of the House of Representative Fraud Prevention Committee, Ellison solves a longstanding mystery. You’ve all heard the audio recording of the infamous…
Federal prosecutors secured their 46th conviction in the free-food scandal when Ahmed Mohamed Artan, Defendant No. 8, entered a guilty plea. Artan, now age 40, now billed out of Golden…
We have updated our ScandalTracker 2025TM spreadsheet to a number above $661 million over the past five years. The update is based on a new figure for the Feeding Our…
So much is going on with the Feeding Our Future case in the next two weeks that I had to create a calendar to keep up. Up next in the…
This afternoon, the U.S. Attorney indicted Defendant No. 72 in the sprawling free-food scandal. Dorothy Jean Moore, age 57, billed out of Apple Valley, made her initial court appearance at…
Posted on the federal court calendar for next week is a guilty plea hearing for Ahmed Artan, Defendant No. 8 (of 71) in the sprawling free-food scandal. If all goes…
Defendant No. 71, Hibo Daar, was formally arraigned in Federal Court this morning in downtown Minneapolis. She entered a plea of not guilty. Your correspondent was there. Except where specifically…
Hibo Daar has been formally indicted in the free-food scandal, becoming Defendant No. 71 in the case. She is currently being held in the Sherburne County jail. You will recall…
It’s a tale as old as time itself: a last-minute ticket purchased to Dubai, another airport arrest. Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV reported on the 6 p.m. news this evening…
Local media are digging into the newest Feeding Our Future scandal, the nonprofit New Vision Foundation of St. Paul. What went on behind the blue door? Keep in mind that…
Media reports indicate that another nonprofit was searched by the FBI yesterday in connection with the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Please note that no person or company named below…
Sahra Nur, Feeding Our Future Defendant No. 24, Guilty Plea No. 14, became just the fourth of 45 convicted felons to be sentenced in the case. She was sentenced to…
An old video has surfaced of a Feeding Our Future defendant testifying in favor of an unrelated nonprofit seeking a multi-million-dollar state government grant. They got the money, of course.…
The fifth and final defendant in the Feeding Our Future-related juror bribery case is expected to enter a guilty plea. In a filing made today in federal court, Abdiaziz Shafii…
It looks like a fourth guilty plea will soon be entered in the juror bribery case arising out of the first Feeding Our Future trial held last year. Said Farah…
Even after his epic 2-hour appearance before the House Fraud Prevention committee on Monday morning, many important questions remain unanswered regarding the relationship between state Attorney General Keith Ellison and…
It was an unusual scene this morning at the state capitol, as the state’s two-term elected Attorney General, Keith Ellison, testified for nearly two hours regarding a 54-minute meeting he…
In our 59-minute webinar, John Hinderaker and I break down the two audio recordings from 2021 where Keith Ellison is heard in his own voice meeting with figures from the…