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Nancy E. Brasel
Presided over key Minnesota federal fraud/ballot cases in this guide.
Nancy E. Brasel — U.S. District Judge — FOF trials / Muse Mohamed trial. Presided over key Minnesota federal fraud/ballot cases in this guide.
WHAT IS DOCUMENTED
Person file.
Labeled edges only.
Presided over key Minnesota federal fraud/ballot cases in this guide.
Documented
Role and public-record touches listed on this page and on Omar associations. Court outcomes are labeled when they exist.
Not documented here
No invented Omar “knew” edge. Donor / staff / family / shared-stage adjacency stays labeled as such.
Rival paths
Readers can weigh prosecution findings, political-oversight critique, and ordinary-representation defenses without collapsing them into one verdict.
DATED SPINE
Dates on the record.
Pulled from the Omar associations / Minnesota Fraud claim spine. Full illustrated deep guide may expand this list.
- Aug 2018 — Primary-night party at Safari: Omar celebrates at Safari Restaurant — later a FOF fraud venue.
- Mar 2020 — Omar introduces MEALS Act: H.R. 6187 pandemic meal-flexibility bill; critics later tie waivers to FOF conditions.
- May 2020 — Omar appears in Safari meal video: Promotional video later shown muted at Salim Said’s trial.
- Feb–Mar 2021 / Feb 2022 — FOF-linked donors give; later redirected: $5,400 from Ghedi and Abdihakim Ahmed alone in early 2021; $7,400 total from three later charged; charity redirect after warrants.
- Feb 2022 — Omar letter on USDA meals misuse: Publicly demands answers after FOF searches become public.
- Sep 20, 2022 — DOJ charges 47 in $250M FOF scheme: Bock, Eidleh, Safari owners, Guhaad, Mohamud, Artan, Mahad Ibrahim and others named.
- Jan 2025 — Abdi Salah & Abdulkadir Salah pleas: Frey aide and Safari co-owner plead guilty in FOF case.
PRIMARY & NEAR-PRIMARY SOURCES
Read these first.
- USAO-MN — Jury finds Feeding Our Future founder and co-defendant guilty (Mar 2025)
Bock + Salim Said convictions.
- DOJ — Feeding Our Future ringleader sentenced to 500 months (May 22, 2026)
Bock sentence; scheme mechanics; Salim Said tried jointly.
- MPR — Aimee Bock sentenced to 500 months (May 2026)
Local sentencing detail; ~$243M restitution figure in coverage.
- CourtListener — Order denying Bock/Said acquittal motions (Aug 22, 2025)
Judge Brasel recounts conviction counts.