Feeding Our Future: alleged bribery bagwoman arraigned today
In the Federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul this afternoon, the woman alleged to have delivered the $120,000 in cash to the house of Juror #52 in the recently concluded…
In the Federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul this afternoon, the woman alleged to have delivered the $120,000 in cash to the house of Juror #52 in the recently concluded…
This morning, at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced that five individuals have been indicted for attempting to bribe the juror in the recently concluded…
By popular demand, we’ve added a new feature to our coverage, tracking the status of each of the 70 defendants charged so far in the free-food scandal. So far, 23…
The state’s Legislative Audit office released the report this morning on the state Department of Education’s (MDE) mishandling of the Feeding Our Future scandal. A 120-page PDF of the report…
A number of media outlets are reporting that the FBI has raided more homes in connection with the incident where a juror in the recent case was bribed. The incident…
With the first trial in the sprawling free-food scandal now concluded, we consider the next steps for the remaining 40+ defendants in the case. Friday afternoon, after seven weeks of…
Two others were acquitted of all charges in the verdicts read this afternoon in Federal court in downtown Minneapolis. The remaining five were convicted of most of the charges they…
The end of Monday’s free-food trial session was as dramatic as its early morning beginning. Monday morning, I wrote about the revelation that Sunday night, a Somali woman visited the…
In a court case full of surprises, the biggest one yet dropped this morning. Seven (7) defendants in the Feeding Our Future scandal are in a Minneapolis Federal courtroom, on…
We’re nearing the end of the epic first trial in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The trial began in late April and will continue into June. Closing arguments began yesterday…
I spent all of today attending the first Feeding Our Future trial in Federal court in downtown Minneapolis. This trial involves seven (7) defendants associated with the now-closed Shakopee restaurant…
Your correspondent ventured to downtown Minneapolis to visit the Federal courtroom and attend the morning session of the Feeding Our Future trial of seven (7) defendants associated with a now-closed…
The trial enters its fifth week at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. The prosecution has rested its case, now the defense is putting on its witnesses. The “Feeding Our…
As expected, four weeks in to the first trial in the Feeding Our Future case, the prosecution presented its last witness, an FBI accountant, and rested its case. In this…
More shocking revelations from the free-food trial in Federal Court in Minneapolis. In this fourth week of the first Feeding Our Future trial proper, seven (7) defendants associated with the…
I revisit a site in Hopkins once bustling with free-food, and now given over to the ever-forthcoming Southwest light rail extension. The Southwest light rail transit project (officially known as…