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‘Justice’: Celebration, mockery erupt after Spanberger ‘gerrymander’ is blown up in blockbuster decision

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Republicans erupted in euphoria and mockery after the Virginia Supreme Court issued an earthshattering rebuke of Democrats’ hasty efforts to draw out all but one Republican from the Old Dominion’s congressional delegation — with the case’s lead plaintiff telling Fox News Digital the decision vindicated critics of the plan.

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The Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to invalidate Democrats’ major redistricting effort, as Justice D. Arthur Kelsey specifically called out Attorney General Jay Jones and said the Democratic-led legislature’s failure to properly follow state law in its timeline for the redistricting amendment — including an «intervening election» clause — was the reason, not politics or which side won April’s popular vote.

Celebration erupted almost immediately as Republicans and «Vote NO» proponents mocked the alleged «gerrymander’s» proverbial architect, Senate President Pro Tem Lillie Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, whose office and cannabis dispensary were raided by the FBI earlier this week.

Former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican who, along with former AG Jason Miyares, led the charge against the redistricting, celebrated in a tweetstorm of analysis within moments of the decision.

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VIRGINIA COURT DECLARES STATE’S REDISTRICTING VOTE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN LEGAL WIN FOR REPUBLICANS

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks during a Virginians For Fair Elections canvassing event in Woodbridge, Va., on April 18, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Cuccinelli mocked Lucas, who often launched profane attacks on redistricting critics like Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and depicted Virginia’s GOP delegation as future McDonald’s workers or people being pulled away from potential chairmanships.

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«BTW [by the way] the vote was 4-3 — maybe Senator Lucas will sell ‘4 f’in 3’ t-shirts or maybe 6-f’in-5 t-shirts.»

«The court explains its decision not to intervene prior to the referendum, and quotes the exchange with Justice Russell at the beginning of oral argument about the outcome (i.e., «yes» winning by 3 pts) in which [Jones’] lawyer conceded the outcome doesn’t matter,» Cuccinelli added in one of several tweets.

Virginia Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover, the main plaintiff in the case, told Fox News Digital that the entire state should be applauding the court.

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«The Supreme Court ruling today affirms what we all know: you cannot violate the Constitution to change the Constitution,» McDougle told Fox News Digital.

«The Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia after careful and thorough review of this matter affirmed that even the General Assembly must follow the law. This ruling is not a partisan one — it is a constitutional one. The rule of law is the foundation of our Commonwealth, and today it has been upheld.»

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«Every Virginian wins,» he said.

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Democratic President Pro Tempore Sen. L. Louise Lucas listens to speakers during a session in the Senate Chambers at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on Feb. 18, 2026. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via Getty Images)

McDougle’s lower-chamber counterpart — House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore of Gate City — added that «you cannot violate the [state] Constitution to amend the Constitution.»

«Today’s ruling establishes once again that the Constitution of Virginia means what it says. The rule of law requires that Virginians have an opportunity to review a constitutional amendment before they vote for the House of Delegates in a meaningful way,» Kilgore told Fox News Digital.

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Rep. Ben Cline of Botetourt, one of the Republican congressmen poised to be drawn out of his seat by the new map, called the court’s ruling «the correct decision.»

«It was always going to end up this way,» Cline said.

«Democrats broke laws that they helped write in the first place, blew through deadlines, wrote a biased and misleading ballot question, and lied to the voters in all of their advertising to support the referendum,» Cline said.

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The lawmaker said voters previously banned «gerrymandering» in their decision in 2020 to create an independent commission to draw maps decennially.

«This is a great day for fair elections and the rule of law, and it’s a great day for the Commonwealth of Virginia.»

Other observers noted Kelsey is an appointee of Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, a former governor who backed the redistricting.

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GLENN YOUNGKIN ACCUSES GOV SPANBERGER OF ‘ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ GERRYMANDERING IN VIRGINIA MAP FIGHT

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State Sen. Ryan McDougle, R–Hanover, gives remarks on the Virginia Senate floor about the proposed amendment for mid-decade redistricting during a General Assembly session on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 in Richmond, Virginia. (Shaban Athuman/VPM News)

Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin added that «justice has been served» and that Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Lucas and others «knowingly violated our constitution to disenfranchise millions of Virginians.»

«The Constitution prevailed, and Virginians will never forget this unlawful attempt to rob them of their voice in Congress.»

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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts called the ruling a major victory for the rule of law and characterized the failed gerrymander attempt as «Governor Spanberger’s blatant power grab to silence the voices of half of Virginians in Congress.»

Sen. Timothy Kaine, D-Va., however, was not celebratory.

The onetime governor blasted the court, saying that unlike Republican-led states using «backroom deals» to redraw maps, Richmond took its plan directly to voters.

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«[T]he Virginia Supreme Court has blocked the people’s choice. So we have to campaign and win on their maps. We can do it,» he said.

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It remains to be seen whether or what avenues exist for Democrats to seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Estados Unidos publicó los documentos oficiales sobre ovnis y otros objetos no identificados

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El Gobierno de Estados Unidos sorprendió al mundo este viernes al anunciar la desclasificación de 162 archivos secretos sobre Fenómenos Anómalos No Identificados (UAP), conocidos popularmente como ovnis.

La medida, impulsada por el presidente Donald Trump, busca dar transparencia a décadas de especulaciones y teorías sobre encuentros con objetos voladores no identificados y posibles formas de vida más allá de la Tierra.

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Según el comunicado oficial, los documentos ya pueden consultarse en la página oficial war.gov/ufo, donde la administración estadounidense prometió que irá sumando nuevos archivos de manera continua. El catálogo incluye fotos, documentos y videos que hasta ahora permanecían bajo estricta clasificación.

Qué agencias participaron y qué se puede encontrar en los archivos

La desclasificación involucra a la Casa Blanca, la Oficina del Director de Inteligencia Nacional (ODNI), el Departamento de Energía (DOE), la Oficina de Resolución de Anomalías en Todos los Dominios (AARO) del Departamento de Guerra —creada en 2022—, la NASA, el FBI y otras agencias de inteligencia.

El secretario de Guerra, Pete Hegseth, sostuvo: “Estos archivos, ocultos tras clasificaciones, han alimentado durante mucho tiempo especulaciones justificadas y es hora de que el pueblo estadounidense lo vea por sí mismo”.

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Una foto de un OVNI tomada por el FBI en 1999. (Foto: gentileza Ministerio de Guerra de Estados Unidos).

Por su parte, el administrador de la NASA, Jared Isaacman, celebró la iniciativa y defendió el trabajo de la agencia en “la exploración y la búsqueda del conocimiento” para desvelar los secretos del universo.

La afirmación de un astronauta del Apolo 17

Entre el conjunto de archivos desclasificados se encuentra una transcripción de una conversación entre astronautas del Apolo 17 que detallaba unos misteriosos fragmentos brillantes que flotaban cerca de su nave espacial durante su misión en 1972.

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Luces extrañas en un documento de la NASA. (Foto: gentileza NASA).

Luces extrañas en un documento de la NASA. (Foto: gentileza NASA).

“Ahora tenemos algunas partículas o fragmentos muy brillantes, o algo parecido, que pasan flotando mientras maniobramos”, dijo un operador al control de la misión.

Otro respondió: “Hay un montón de luces grandes en mi ventana de abajo, son muy brillantes. Desde la ventana de Ron parece el 4 de julio”.

Un documento resume las declaraciones de siete agentes federales asignados a diferentes equipos que informaron de forma independiente haber presenciado múltiples fenómenos aéreos no identificados en el oeste de Estados Unidos durante dos días en 2023.

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Según el informe, varios testigos describieron haber visto “orbes que lanzaban otros orbes” a lo lejos, junto con una gran esfera brillante que flotaba en el aire y un objeto semitransparente comparado con una “cometa translúcida”.

Muchos de los documentos incluyen testimonios de personal militar, entre ellos un informe fechado el 1 de enero de 2026.

El archivo detallaba que un operador militar estadounidense supuestamente avistó un UAP volando justo por encima de la superficie del mar en Grecia antes de realizar varios giros bruscos de 90 grados a una velocidad estimada de 130 km/h.

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Un video grabado en Grecia muestra un punto moverse a alta velocidad sobre el mar. (Foto: captura de video).

El trasfondo político y el cruce entre Trump y Obama

La decisión de liberar estos documentos llegó después de que, en febrero, Trump anticipara el proceso de desclasificación tras un comentario del expresidente Barack Obama en el pódcast del periodista Brian Tyler Cohen.

Allí, Obama respondió preguntas sobre vida extraterrestre y negó la existencia de instalaciones secretas bajo tierra, aunque admitió sobre extraterrestres: “Son reales, pero yo no los he visto”.

Trump reaccionó de inmediato y acusó a Obama de revelar “información clasificada” y cometer un “grave error”. Más tarde, Obama aclaró que durante su presidencia no tuvo “pruebas” de contactos con extraterrestres, pero no descartó la posibilidad de vida fuera del planeta.

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El Área 51 y el largo historial de secretos

En 2013, la CIA ya había desclasificado documentos que confirmaban la existencia de la base militar Área 51, creada en los años 50 para pruebas del avión espía U-2.

Sin embargo, muchos defensores de la existencia de vida extraterrestre siguen vinculando esa instalación con el supuesto ocultamiento de pruebas sobre ovnis.

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Laura Fernández hará historia este viernes: será la segunda mujer en asumir la Presidencia de Costa Rica

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La exministra asumirá el liderazgo del país en medio de expectativa política y un hecho histórico para la representación femenina en el país centroamericano

Este día se realizará el traspaso de presidencia en Costa Rica donde asumirá Laura Fernández como nueva mandataria. Foto Infobae/Imagen ilustrativa

Laura Virginia Fernández Delgado asumirá este viernes la presidencia de Costa Rica después de haber ganado las elecciones del país centroamericano con el apoyo del 48% de los votantes en febrero pasado. La politóloga de 39 años recibirá la banda presidencial de Rodrigo Chaves, a quien ella considera su ejemplo a seguir y uno de los responsables de querer tomar las riendas del país y darle al pueblo la “continuidad”.

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El traspaso de poderes se llevará a cabo en el Estadio Nacional, donde según la organización, se vivirá una fiesta democrática. Presidentes, jefes de estado, ministros y embajadores acompañarán a Fernández, en uno de los momentos más importantes de su vida personal y profesional.

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La llegada de Fernández a Casa Presidencial marca un hecho histórico para la nación, ya que, será la segunda ocasión en que una mujer encabece el Poder Ejecutivo. Además, la exministra de presidencia y de planificación económica se convierte en la presidente número 50 para Costa Rica.

El Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica ya recibe a los asistentes para el Traspaso de Poderes

El Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica ya abrió sus puertas para el traspaso de mando de este 8 de mayo. Las personas comienzan a ingresar al recinto para ser parte de este acto oficial, cuya ceremonia está prevista para iniciar a las 11:00 a.m. (hora de Costa Rica).

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Simpatizantes de Laura Fernández llegan al estadio nacional de Costa Rica para el traspaso de mando presidencial. Foto Infobae/Cortesía Miguel Castro

Rodrigo Chaves se despidió de la presidencia de Costa Rica entre lágrimas, mariachis y ovaciones: “No se deshicieron de mí”

El mandatario cerró su última conferencia de prensa convertido en un acto político y emocional en Casa Presidencial, rodeado de ministros, diputados oficialistas, policías, pescadores, indígenas, educadores y simpatizantes

El presidente Rodrigo Chaves Robles cierra su mandato en Costa Rica con una emotiva conferencia de despedida política en Casa Presidencial. Cortesía: Transmisión Presidencia de la República
El presidente Rodrigo Chaves Robles cierra su mandato en Costa Rica con una emotiva conferencia de despedida política en Casa Presidencial. Cortesía: Transmisión Presidencia de la República

El presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, convirtió su última conferencia de prensa en Casa Presidencial en una despedida cargada de simbolismo político, homenajes, lágrimas, música y mensajes dirigidos tanto a sus aliados como a sus adversarios.

El presidente de Panamá, José Raúl Molino, arriba a Costa Rica para participar en la toma de posesión de Laura Fernández

José Raúl Molino, presidente de Panamá, llega a Base 2 del Aeropuerto Juan Santamaría para participar del traspaso de poderes. Con su llegada se cierran las invitaciones internacionales.

José Raúl Molino, mandatario panameño, desciende en el Aeropuerto Juan Santamaría para la ceremonia de investidura de Laura Fernández (Cortesía Teletica).
José Raúl Molino, mandatario panameño, desciende en el Aeropuerto Juan Santamaría para la ceremonia de investidura de Laura Fernández (Cortesía Teletica).

Líderes y delegaciones de 71 países llegan a Costa Rica para el traspaso de mando presidencial

Representantes de alto nivel, incluidos el Rey Felipe VI de España y varios presidentes latinoamericanos, arribaron a Costa Rica para asistir a la ceremonia en la que Laura Fernández asumirá la presidencia, en un evento que reúne a delegaciones de 71 países y 18 organismos internacionales en el Estadio Nacional de San José.

Laura Fernández asumirá la presidencia de Costa Rica este 8 de mayo para el periodo 2026-2030, convirtiéndose en la segunda mujer en ocupar el cargo en la historia del país. La ceremonia, que se realizará en el Estadio Nacional de San José, reunirá delegaciones de 71 países y 18 organismos internacionales. Entre los asistentes destacados figuran el Rey Felipe VI de España y los presidentes de Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá, Chile, Israel y República Dominicana. Christopher Landau, vicesecretario de Estado de EE.UU., encabezará la delegación estadounidense y mantendrá encuentros con la nueva mandataria.

Simpatizantes de Laura Fernández empiezan a llegar al Estadio Nacional para participar del traspaso de poderes

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Interesados en asistir al debate debían de solicitar una entrada a través de un sitio web propuesto por la organización. Créditos: Miguel Castro
Interesados en asistir al debate debían de solicitar una entrada a través de un sitio web propuesto por la organización. Créditos: Miguel Castro

A una hora de que inicien las actividades culturales previas al acto oficial del traspaso de poderes en Costa Rica, los costarricenses empiezan a llegar a las afueras del Estadio Nacional para participar del hecho histórico en que Laura Fernández se convierta en la segunda presidenta de la nación.



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Omar camp breaks silence on fraud probe, blames Walz, Trump as new claims clash with earlier statements

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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has not publicly or privately responded to a top investigative committee in Minnesota’s request for information on her possible ties to the massive fraud scandal, but a recent email from one of her former top staffers to the committee sheds light on how her camp may view the situation and who they blame.

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«As the District Director for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from 2019-2022, I read with interest your comments in Session Daily regarding H.R.6187 – MEALS Act,» former Omar District Director Kendal Killian wrote in an email, obtained by Fox News Digital, Wednesday afternoon to the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Kristin Robbins. The email was also sent to Rep. Dave Pinto, the lead Democrat on the committee.

Killian wrote, «If the quote is accurate, you said, ‘She passed the MEALS Act in March 2020.’ Given that you were elected in 2018, I find it surprising that I need to explain to you how a bill becomes law, but one person cannot unilaterally pass legislation.»

Republicans have long argued that the pandemic-era school meal waivers tied to the MEALS Act, sponsored by Omar, helped create the conditions that enabled the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, which federal prosecutors say totaled roughly $250 million. 

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OMAR ACCUSED BY GOP OPPONENT OF OPENING UP THE DOOR TO MASSIVE MINNEAPOLIS FRAUD: ‘DEEP, DEEP TIES’

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has long been under scrutiny for allegedly marrying her Somali brother. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)

Killian went on to explain to Robbins, who has previously served as a legislative director in Congress, that because Republicans controlled the Senate and the White House when the larger bill was passed, that they have «responsibility for implementation» of the legislation.

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«So your characterization that Rep. Ilhan Omar passed this legislation unilaterally (and oversaw its execution) is off base,» Killian said. Killian went further in his effort to distance Omar from the legislation, claiming that the bill critics have been citing «never even passed.»

«Again, it is bizarre to have to explain this to a State Representative, but maybe you need some help,» Killian’s email says. He claimed that Robbins is suffering from «confusion,» because «similar legislative language to that in the MEALS Act was included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.»

ILHAN OMAR PRESSED TO EXPLAIN HOW FRAUD IN MINNESOTA GOT ‘SO OUT OF CONTROL’

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Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins delivers an opening statement as she testifies alongside Minnesota State Rep. Walter Hudson during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze $10 billion in child care funds for families with low incomes in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

«While the original Meals Act (which never passed) was more similar to universal school meals legislation Omar championed and Representative Sydney Jordan in Minnesota later shepherded, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (supported by McConnell and signed by Trump) added waiver authority that facilitated much of the Feeding Our Future fraud,» Killian wrote. «The fraud was not committed under any bill authored by Omar, but rather under broader COVID-19 legislation and by taking advantage of USDA emergency waivers granted by the Trump administration. Those flexibilities, combined with weak oversight and rapid funding expansion, created conditions that were later exploited in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.»

In bold, Killian wrote that the Families First Coronavirus Response Act was not «chiefly sponsored» by Omar and «thus is grossly inaccurate to claim so» and ended the email saying that «perhaps» the committee should subpoena President Trump rather than Omar.

While the MEALS Act itself did not pass as a standalone bill, it is listed on Congress.gov as related legislation to the broader Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which became law in 2020 and included similar school meal waiver provisions. Robbins told Fox News Digital the former Omar staffer is «lying» about the impact Omar had, arguing the core purpose of the MEALS Act, expanding USDA waiver authority, was part of the broader legislation.

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 «I’m talking about the MEALS Act that got incorporated in the larger coronavirus package,» Robbins explained. «In the related bills section it links to the Ilhan bill and lists it as one of the bills included in the Act, the language is identical.»

Congress.gov, the official legislative database run by the Library of Congress, lists Omar’s MEALS Act (H.R. 6187) as «related legislation» to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201).

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Robbins pointed to numerous examples of Omar taking credit in messages to her constituents back in Minneapolis for the legislation that did ultimately pass and citing her MEALS Act.

WALZ ACCUSED BY JORDAN OF TRYING TO ‘HIDE BEHIND’ COURT ORDER IN FEEDING OUR FUTURE PAYMENTS

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar speaking at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 28, 2026. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

In Omar’s own September 2020 press release, she explicitly says she «passed into law this spring» the MEALS Act provisions and describes them as legislation that «directly authorized these school meal waivers.» 

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«Ilhan’s MEALS Act, a bill aimed at protecting students’ access to school meal benefits during school closures, was passed into law as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act,» Omar’s campaign website reads.

Additionally, Omar publicly pushed back after the Trump administration signaled in the summer and fall of 2020, after the legislation passed, that it would begin scaling back or letting some of the waivers expire and return programs closer to their pre-pandemic rules.

In August, she again linked the legislation she sponsored in the House to the overall situation, saying in a letter to the Trump administration, «In March, Congress authorized the use of waivers in the MEALS Act and the COVID-19 Child Nutrition Response Act in order to continue to provide school meals for children during the pandemic.»

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«Absolutely not, it did help feed kids,» Omar said in December when asked if she regreted her support for the MEALS Act.

Killian’s email also directly contradicts his own words in a LinkedIn post from a year ago, reviewed by Fox News Digital, in which he characterized the significance of the legislation differently.

«When I worked in Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s office during the pandemic, she wrote and passed the MEALS Act, a vital bill funding schools and feeding all kids,» Killian wrote.

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In the same post, Killian described the bill as laying «the groundwork» for broader school meals policy, a contrast to his email to lawmakers in which he argued the legislation «never even passed» and sought to distance it from the framework later used during the pandemic. 

Killian’s email to Robbins also included a P.S. with a link to the well-known Schoolhouse Rock «I’m Just a Bill» cartoon that explains to children how bills become law.

«It’s shameful,» Robbins told Fox News Digital about the tone of the email and referred to the situation as Omar’s «henchmen» coming after her. 

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«We have had no official response from the congresswoman, but they have a former district director, which is the most senior position, and he sent it to me and the Democrat lead on the committee,» Robbins said. «So he’s clearly wanting to have Democrats push back on me and say, ‘Robbins doesn’t know what she’s talking about, this wasn’t really Ilhan’s bill, it never passed,’ which is just BS.»

Notably, Killian’s letter does not address the specific questions the committee asked Omar in a recent letter, which the congresswoman has not responded to, related to the several connections between Omar and individuals in the Somali community charged or implicated in the case.

The committee asked Omar to turn over communications showing how she promoted expanded access to federal child nutrition programs, including emails, texts and meeting records with the Minnesota Department of Education and constituents. 

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The request also zeroed in on Omar’s public promotion of a Minneapolis restaurant that later became linked to the fraud scandal. Robbins cited a Somali-language TV appearance in which Omar highlighted Safari Restaurant as a meal distribution site and asked for all communications related to the video and the restaurant’s participation.

«She fought to keep the waivers in place during the time that Safari and the other fraudsters were making their money,» Robbins told Fox News Digital.

MINNESOTA’S FRAUD SCANDAL WAS ‘SHOCKINGLY EASY’ TO PULL OFF, IS LIKELY WORSE THAN REPORTED: EX PROSECUTOR

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The committee is also seeking records of any contact between Omar and a long list of individuals charged or implicated in the Feeding Our Future case, including nonprofit founder Aimee Bock and dozens of alleged co-conspirators as well as information about political donations Omar received from individuals later charged in the case, requesting «any and all» communications with those donors.

In a response to Fox News Digital, Killian did not directly say whether his original email was coordinated with Rep. Omar or her office, instead describing it as his personal «perspective.» He acknowledged that «very similar language» from the MEALS Act was included in the broader coronavirus relief package that became law.

Killian also argued that responsibility for the fraud lies with those who implemented the program, placing blame on both federal and state officials, particularly Gov. Tim Walz.

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«It was then overseen by the Trump USDA. And then governors like Walz. Frankly, Governor Walz…deserves the same level of scrutiny as this Fox inquiry,» Killian wrote. «At the end of the day, it was Governor Walz who [expletive] this up.»

Killian further sought to distance the legislation from the fraud itself, arguing that «no fraud took place at actual public schools» and that «the nonprofits did,» adding that «Ilhan’s bill was focused on the former.» 

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But the same waiver authority allowed meals to be distributed far beyond school cafeterias, including at non-school sites such as restaurants and community locations later tied to the fraud scheme, raising questions about how separate the two systems were in practice.

Killian also dismissed inconsistencies over whether the MEALS Act «passed» as a matter of «casual» or imprecise language, without directly reconciling his emailed statement that the bill «never even passed» with his prior description of Omar as having «wrote and passed» it.

Omar’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

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Omar was given a deadline of May 5 to respond to the committee, which she did not meet, and has yet to give any public response.

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After Omar missed the deadline, the committee attempted to subpoena her for the, information but was blocked by Democrats on the committee in a party-line vote. 

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«It’s the same story every time,» Robbins posted on X after the vote. «Fraud is committed, information is suppressed, and the dysfunction continues.»

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