MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Federal prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future fraud trial told the judge on Tuesday that a witness set to testify in the case reported that someone had tried to intimidate them.
Feeding Our Future witness intimidation
What we know: — Sources tell FOX 9 that Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson alerted Judge Nancy Brasel in court that a witness reported being approached by another defendant in a related Feeding Our Future case, who is not currently standing trial.
The witness told prosecutors that the defendant had attempted to intimidate them. The witness involved appears to be Sharmake Jama, who pleaded guilty in the fraud case last month.
Judge Brasel is asking the prosecution to look further into the interaction. She also ordered the court to seize the phone of defendant Salim Said.…