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Salim Said
Venue for Omar’s 2018 party and 2020 meal video; convicted in FOF case.
Salim Said — Safari Restaurant co-owner — convicted with Bock. Venue for Omar’s 2018 party and 2020 meal video; convicted in FOF case.
WHAT IS DOCUMENTED
Person file.
Labeled edges only.
Venue for Omar’s 2018 party and 2020 meal video; convicted in FOF case.
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.
- Alpha News — Omar paid thousands by restaurant accused in meal fraud (Jan 2022)
Claims Safari among campaign donors; conservative secondary review of public records.
- Local reporting — Omar 2018 primary celebration at Safari Restaurant
Venue association established across local/Alpha reporting.
- USAO-MN — Former Minneapolis mayoral aide and Safari co-owner plead guilty
Abdi Nur Salah (Frey) and Abdulkadir Nur Salah (Safari).
- USAO-MN — Jury finds Feeding Our Future founder and co-defendant guilty (Mar 2025)
Bock + Salim Said convictions.
- KARE 11 — Video of Omar delivering meals at Safari shown in Salim Said’s trial
Judge muted/untitled video to limit prejudice from Omar’s presence.
- KARE 11 — Judge allows muted Omar Safari meal video in Salim Said trial
Trial handling of May 2020 Safari video featuring Omar; muted/untitled to limit prejudice.
- American Experiment (Bill Glahn) — Omar/Safari Restaurant connections (Oct 16, 2022)
Conservative policy outlet: Safari video, campaign spend at venue, May 2020 meal promo. Secondary; pair with KARE trial video reporting.
- 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.