Minnesota state lawmakers issued a May 5 deadline for Rep. Ilhan Omar to provide documents and written responses about her ties to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal after she skipped a state legislative hearing. Omar's 2020 MEALS Act loosened eligibility rules for federal nutrition programs that prosecutors say the fraud scheme exploited to steal $250+ million in pandemic relief funds. The headline overstates this as a major "turn" in a "fraud case" — Omar herself isn't charged, and a state committee deadline has limited enforcement power against a federal lawmaker, though the substantive question about her legislative role remains contested.