Tracking the Feeding Our Future Scandal
Unlike the mainstream media and journalists, American Experiment’s Bill Glahn has been covering the Feeding Our Future scandal since the FBI raids in January of 2022. Since then, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota has handed out dozens of criminal indictments identifying over $250 million in fraudulent funds stolen through the free food network’s elaborate schemes — and new charges are still being filed.
Feeding Our Future Webinar: The Verdict Is In! | June 14, 2024
The first trial of Minnesota’s infamous free-food fraud case is in the books and guilty verdicts have been handed down. Who are the guilty parties? Why were two defendants acquitted? Did the delivery of a bag containing $120,000 in cash to a juror impact the verdict? Get the full story from Bill Glahn and John Hinderaker.
Latest News & Analysis
July 23, 2024: First guilty plea in Feeding Our Future bribery case
July 18, 2024: Feeding Our Future: autism clinic connections
July 16, 2024: A guilty plea coming in the Feeding Our Future bribery case?
July 12, 2024: Alleged Feeding Our Future bribery ringleader formally arraigned today
July 3, 2024: Three Farah brothers still in custody in Feeding Our Future bribery case
June 28, 2024: More on the latest Feeding Our Future defendants
June 27, 2024: Feeding Our Future: alleged bribery bagwoman arraigned today
June 26, 2024: Feeding Our Future: 5 indicted in bribery case
June 21, 2024: Feeding Our Future: tracking the defendants
June 13, 2024: Explosive audit report on Feeding Our Future
June 12, 2024: Feeding Our Future: more FBI raids in juror bribery case
June 9, 2024: What’s next for Feeding Our Future?
Feeding Our Future Webinar: Courtroom Edition! | April 19, 2024
Buckle up! The first trial in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal is set to begin Monday, April 22, 2024 and Bill Glahn is breaking down all the details in this lunchtime webinar. While 18 other defendants have already pleaded guilty, the folks at Empire Cuisine are taking their chances by going to trial. American Experiment policy fellow Bill Glahn and president John Hinderaker set the table for this large and complex case that’s expected to last weeks.
Feeding Our Future Fraud Update Webinar: Feb. 15, 2024
“With the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota announcing another batch of defendants in the Feeding Our Future case recently, it’s time for another update on this massive fraud scandal. Bill Glahn and John Hinderaker will provide the latest news and analysis. One question on everyone’s mind: Did those defendants return from their trips back home to Kenya and beyond?
Minnesota Department of Education Wins 2022 Golden Turkey Award
The Golden Turkey Award is a light-hearted contest to bring attention to the various budget projects funded by taxpayers that go beyond the usual education, welfare, or transportation spending, and allow Minnesotans to weigh in on the silliest spending of the year. Past winners include Gov. Tim Walz’s $6.9 million unused morgue, an extravagant rest stop on Highway 35 and an expensive bus stop that sits empty.
This year’s Golden Turkey was too big to ignore, recognizing waste and fraud that begins at $250 million and will likely end up closer to a billion dollars when the dust finally settles.
“It’s easy to see how the Feeding Our Future fraud program won this year’s Golden Turkey with the sheer size of the fraud, with at least $250 million stolen from the taxpayers,” says John Hinderaker, president of Center of the American Experiment. “While most nominees for this award are merely silly or wasteful, this program was actually criminal.”
Get Caught Up: The Story Since January 2022
June 7, 2024: 5 of 7 Feeding Our Future defendants found guilty
June 3, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: the jury is out and the defendants are in…custody
June 3, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: jury tampering/bags of cash edition
June 1, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: the math doesn’t lie
May 30, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: under the bus edition
May 29, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: in-person edition
May 28, 2024: Feeding Our Future: telling the whole story
May 27, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: The prosecution rests
May 23, 2024: Feeding Our Future has a ‘Serious Problem’
May 23, 2024: Feeding Our Future Hopkins: light rail defeats free food
May 17, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: the endless parade of swag
May 15, 2024: Feeding Our Future web reaches ISAIAH and Bloomington mosque
May 13, 2024: Feeding Our Future wins awards!
May 9, 2024: Feeding Our Future: a story from the inside
May 7, 2024: Feeding Our Future: the food that was never served
May 1, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial continues with testimony
Apr. 29, 2024: Opening statements are underway in the first Feeding Our Future trial
Apr. 25, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial: jury selected, opening statements on Monday
Apr. 23, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial is underway
Apr. 20, 2024: Feeding Our Future trial to begin Monday with 7, not 8, defendants
Apr. 18, 2024: A pioneering high school teacher and Bush Fellow linked to Feeding Our Future scandal
Apr. 17, 2024: 3 degrees of separation: the inevitable rideshare/ Feeding Our Future connections
Apr. 16, 2024: Prominent nonprofit linked to Feeding Our Future case
Apr. 14, 2024: Former DFL candidate for state House linked to Feeding Our Future case
Apr. 4, 2024: The first Feeding Our Future trial to begin this month
Apr. 4, 2024: Lakeville development proposed for parcel allegedly bought with Feeding Our Future proceeds
Mar. 29, 2024: AG removes Feeding Our Future defendant from nonprofit leadership post
Mar. 15, 2024: More international travel for Feeding Our Future defendants
Mar. 14, 2024: Feeding Our Future: a false start on the way to an 19th guilty plea
Feb. 26, 2024: Feeding Our Future: 1229 East Lake St.
Feb. 16, 2024: Feeding Our Future follow-up
Feb. 8, 2024: MN Dept. of Education v. Feeding Our Future
Feb. 5, 2024: Another batch of indictments in the Feeding Our Future case
Feb. 2, 2023: 61st defendant indicted in Feeding Our Future case
Jan. 25, 2024: No ‘ticket to fly’ for Feeding Our Future guilty plea No. 16
Jan. 9, 2024: 17th guilty plea entered in the Feeding Our Future case
Stories from 2023:
Dec. 26, 2023: Feeding Our Future trials set to begin in early 2024
Dec. 13, 2023: 16th guilty plea entered in the Feeding Our Future case
Dec. 10, 2023: Feeding Our Future’s ‘tentacles’ reach a Burnsville charter school
Dec. 7, 2023: 15th guilty plea recorded in the Feeding Our Future scandal
Oct. 26, 2023: The curious case of the foodless food charity
Oct. 24, 2023: Feeding Our Future scandal, more tales from the tax returns
Oct. 23, 2023: Feeding Our Future scandal: tales from the tax returns
Oct. 19, 2023: AG Ellison moves to shut down 23 Feeding Our Future-linked nonprofits
Oct. 18, 2023: Appeals court rules against Feeding Our Future-linked nonprofit
Sept. 7, 2023: 14th guilty plea entered in Feeding Our Future scandal
Sept. 5, 2023: 13th guilty plea in Feeding Our Future case
Sept. 1, 2023: 12th guilty plea entered in Feeding Our Future scandal
Aug. 24, 2023: 11th conviction recorded in Feeding Our Future scandal
Aug. 18, 2023: Feeding Our Future: the taxman cometh
Aug. 4, 2023: Feeding Our Future: fake Rolex edition
July 14, 2023: Feeding Our Future: Owatonna (re)visited
Jun. 20, 2023: Feeding Our Future: Catching up (or not) on the fugitives
Jun. 17, 2023: Feeding Our Future: It’s a small world, after all
Jun. 14, 2023: The 10th conviction secured in the Feeding Our Future case
Jun. 9, 2023: Conviction Nos. 8 and 9 in the Feeding Our Future case
May 20, 2023: Ward 10 and Feeding Our Future: connecting the dots
May 8, 2023: 6 Feeding Our Future defendants request to move trial to Chicago
May 4, 2023: Feeding Our Future litigation grinds on
Apr. 21, 2023: Another Feeding Our Future defendant goes on the lam. Unexpectedly.
Mar. 27, 2023: Feeding Our Future fallout: Voters perceive more government $ are wasted
Mar. 10, 2023: Feeding Our Future: 10 more indicted in scandal
Mar. 5, 2023: Update on AG Keith Ellison’s lawsuit against Feeding Our Future’s ThinkTechAct
Mar. 2, 2023: State moves to shut down three daycares associated with Feeding Our Future defendants
Mar. 1, 2023: Feeding Our Future litigation roundup
Apr. 21, 2023: Another Feeding Our Future defendant goes on the lam. Unexpectedly.
Feb. 17, 2023: Feeding Our Future update: Gar Gaar appeal denied, former MN SOS Mark Ritchie banned from food program
Feb. 9, 2023: Legislative Auditor finds lack of nonprofit grant oversight at the state level
Stories from 2022:
Dec. 15, 2022: Behind the scenes in the early days of Feeding Our Future
Nov. 4, 2022: More collateral damage from the Feeding Our Future scandal
Oct. 28, 2022: Even Feeding Our Future tried to warn state officials about fraud
Sept. 30, 2022: How much of the Feeding Our Future fraud could have been prevented?
Mar. 30, 2022: The Feeding Our Future alleged scandal: Burnsville
Jan. 29, 2022: The Timeline So Far
Feeding Our Future Fraud Update Webinar: Mar. 30, 2023
“It’s been over a year since the FBI first raided the now-infamous Feeding Our Future nonprofit. Ever wonder what happened to the people who stole $250 million in free-food funds? Or what exactly they spent the money on?”
Bill Glahn covers the latest indictments, who’s been charged (60 total), and what the fraudsters bought with the stolen funds. (His personal favorite: a laundromat… which was used to launder money).
Tracking the Feeding Our Future Scandal: Nov. 28, 2022
“The origins of the free-food scandal in Minnesota.”
Tracking the Feeding Our Future Fraud Webinar: Sept. 13, 2022
“Bill Glahn addresses recent indictments, speaks about where the investigation is headed, and answers some burning questions.”