ON FEEDING OUR FUTURE, A BLOCKBUSTER DEVELOPMENT

Powerline ^ | 23 Sep 2022 | John Hinderaker

[Rummyfan]

We have written a number of times about the Feeding Our Future scandal, the worst to emerge from the federal government’s feckless distribution of covid dollars. Briefly, Feeding Our Future (“FOF”) was a fraudulent nonprofit that accessed an astonishing $240 million in federal money, ostensibly to feed needy children in Minnesota. Under the supervision of Minnesota’s Department of Education, FOF distributed that money to a network of Minnesota nonprofits who allegedly delivered the actual meals to children. But it turns out that the money mostly went to luxury purchases, fancy cars, overseas vacations, gold and jewels, new houses, and property in places like Kenya and Turkey. FOF kept a slice of the $240 million and added to it by charging kickbacks. The entire fraud has now unraveled in a series of 48 or more indictments announced last week by the U.S. Attorney in Minnesota.

Throughout, the public officials on whose watch this massive fraud occurred have relied mostly on a single defense: in 2021, the Department of Education, having become suspicious, tried to cut off funding to some of FOF’s clients. But a state court judge rejected MDE’s arguments and ordered the Department to resume funding what turned out to be one of the biggest frauds on record. That was the story.

Minnesota’s lazy and ineffective Governor Tim Walz, whose administration oversaw the FOF fraud, has tried to shift blame to the judge who allegedly ordered the criminality to continue. (There are lots of problems with that argument, but let them go for the moment.) Walz told local press that he wanted the judge investigated.....

[Rummyfan]

Two-hundred forty million dollars. Two-hundred forty million dollars! I mean, WTF?!

[Bryan24]

They can print that in about two hours at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

[alancarp]

“We really wanted to stop stealing this money, but darn it, the judge just made us keep doing it.”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Somali Muslims. No filth is lower or more foul.

[Signalman]

18 U.S. Code § 641 - Public money, property or records
U.S. Code

Whoever embezzles, steals, purloins, or knowingly converts to his use or the use of another, or without authority, sells, conveys or disposes of any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, or any property made or being made under contract for the United States or any department or agency thereof; or

Whoever receives, conceals, or retains the same with intent to convert it to his use or gain, knowing it to have been embezzled, stolen, purloined or converted—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if the value of such property in the aggregate, combining amounts from all the counts for which the defendant is convicted in a single case, does not exceed the sum of $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Democrats?

Never mind…

[SauronOfMordor]

It’s unlikely they could have done it without giving a cut to the right people.

[Rummyfan]

It’s unlikely they could have done it without giving a cut to the right people.

Agreed. A lot of people must have been getting rich on this scam.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[Steve_Seattle]

I wonder if Ilhan Omar played a role in this, or personally benefitted from it?

[Steve_Seattle]

"It’s unlikely they could have done it without giving a cut to the right people."

I wonder if Ilhan Omar and/or her relatives were among "the right people"?

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[SaveFerris]

Feeding
Our
Fortunes!!!

[Aria]

Wasn’t Solyndra worse?

[Rummyfan]

Yeah, I think Solyndra was on the order of $750 million....

[blueunicorn6]

Send em to Martha’s Vineyard.