MINNEAPOLIS (NewsNation) — Current and former federal sources confirmed to NewsNation that funds raised by a Minnesota-based nonprofit during the COVID-19 pandemic never made to those in need, but rather, some of it wound up in the hands of an al-Qaida-linked terror group, al-Shabbab, in Somalia.
The allegations against former nonprofit Feeding Our Future are among the most serious against an organization for alleged misconduct during the pandemic.
The organization recruited individuals to open more than 200 federal child nutrition program sites throughout Minnesota, claiming to be serving meals to thousands of children a day. The nonprofit, however, created fake attendance rosters and fake invoices — which would eventually be reimbursed by the federal government.
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David Gaither, a former Minnesota lawmaker, told NewsNation he witnessed the fraud firsthand as the executive director of the International Education Center…