Feeding Our Future Trial

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Feeding Our Future was a nonprofit accused of the largest Covid fraud in the nation. They allegedly stole about a half a billion dollars from the Minnesota government under the guise of feeding school children. Dozens of people were charged as part of the conspiracy.

The first trial was held in Spring of 2024 with seven defendants. Each defendant had their own attorney, so it was a packed courtroom with a lot of people to draw. Here’s a sampling of the sketches I did:

Some of the defendants with their attorneys.

Defense Attorney Edward Sapone gave opening statements on behalf of his client, Abdimajid Nur.
Defense attorney Steve Schleicher gave opening statements on behalf of his client, Said Farah.
Defense attorney Steve Schleicher questions Feeding Our Future employee Hadith Ahmed.
An attorney questions defendant Mukhtar Shariff.
Defense attorney Patrick Cotter gave a passionate closing statement on behalf of his client, Mohamed Ismael, who owned and operated Empire Cuisine.
A prosecuting attorney gives closing arguments.

During jury deliberations at least one juror was let go after allegedly being offered a bribe. Ultimately the jury convicted five of the seven defendants.

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