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House fraud committee fails to subpoena Rep. Ilhan Omar for trial exhibits, 5–3
Summary
The House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee debated and voted on a motion to subpoena Representative Ilhan Omar for trial exhibits related to the Feeding Our Future case; the roll-call failed to meet the two-thirds threshold and the subpoena was not issued.
Chair Robbins called for a vote to issue a subpoena to Representative Ilhan Omar for documents listed in federal trial exhibits tied to the Feeding Our Future prosecutions, saying the committee had repeatedly requested the records and that they are relevant to how the federal Meals Act may have removed guardrails that enabled fraud.
"We invited her to testify and to provide these documents," Chair Robbins said, arguing the exhibits were originally in her office and that the legislature is not bound by the court's protective order. The chair said the committee would use the documents to understand "how we got here" and to…
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