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Playing Politics: The Feeding Our Future scandal

The Justice Department's allegations have broad legal and political implications. Hear the "Playing Politics" analysis from WCCO Radio's Chad Hartman and the Star Tribune Editorial Board's Denise Johnson and John Rash.

By Editorial Board

September 21, 2022 at 8:08PM
FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Paul delivers remarks regarding the charges being filed in the Feeding our Future fraud case at The United States Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The Justice Department said on Tuesday that a federal grand jury had indicted 44 people on charges that they ran a brazen fraud against anti-hunger programs during the coronavirus pandemic, stealing $240 million by billing the government for meals they did not serve to children who did not exist. (TIM GRUBER, New York Times/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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