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Sade Osman Hashi
Charged in 2023 wave; American Experiment/secondary reporting describes missed court / fugitive status. MN House committee lists him among Omar-linked donors. Association path is committee donor claim + charging status…
Sade Osman Hashi — Later-wave FOF defendant (~$5.7M alleged); fugitive status reported; House: Omar donor. Charged in 2023 wave; American Experiment/secondary reporting describes missed court / fugitive status. MN House committee lists him among Omar-linked donors. Association path is committee donor claim + charging status — not a DOJ statement tying him to Omar’s staff.
WHAT IS DOCUMENTED
Person file.
Labeled edges only.
Charged in 2023 wave; American Experiment/secondary reporting describes missed court / fugitive status. MN House committee lists him among Omar-linked donors. Association path is committee donor claim + charging status — not a DOJ statement tying him to Omar’s staff.
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.
- Mar 2025 — Jury convicts Bock and Salim Said: FOF founder and Safari co-owner guilty on multiple counts.
- Aug 11, 2025 — Guhaad Hashi Said guilty plea: Plea on wire-fraud and money-laundering conspiracies; media revive campaign-worker description.
- May 22, 2026 — Bock sentenced to 500 months: DOJ announces ringleader sentence in >$240M scheme framing.
PRIMARY & NEAR-PRIMARY SOURCES
Read these first.
- Sahan Journal — Feeding Our Future donations sent to charities
Ahmed Ghedi & Abdihakim Ahmed $2,700 each; campaign redirected.
- KARE 11 — Which politicians received donations from Feeding Our Future defendants?
Omar $7,400 from three defendants; Frey/Ellison/Fateh comparisons.
- MN House Fraud Prevention Committee — final report PDF (May 2026)
Partisan House GOP majority oversight report: MEALS Act conditions claim; lists eight Omar-linked FOF donors; calls Guhaad former staffer. Treat as legislative-oversight claim set, not DOJ findings.
- Weingarten — Did Omar rake in more FOF campaign cash than reported? (Dec 8, 2025)
Partisan secondary claiming ~eight charged/implicated donors and nearly double the returned $7,400. Use as rival claim ledger, not as FEC substitute.
- Alpha News — Several DFL donors charged in free-food fraud (Sep 23, 2022)
Itemizes defendant donations to Frey/Fateh/Omar/Jeremiah Ellison/Keith Ellison; Omar $2,700 each from Ghedi and Abdihakim.
- DOJ — U.S. Attorney announces charges against 47 in $250M FOF scheme (Sep 20, 2022)
Primary charging overview: Bock, Eidleh, Safari owners, Guhaad, Mohamud, Artan, Abdirahman Ahmed, Mahad Ibrahim, Alishire, etc. Establishes indictment roles/amounts; not Omar charges.