Key Facts — All Alleged
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| Who | Not specified |
| Amount | Not disclosed |
| Location | Not specified |
| Program | Not specified |
| Status | Alleged |
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[Your Address]
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TOGETHER. TO SAVE LIVES IN THE NEWSROOM TONIGHT. PROBLEM FACTS NOW. ALRIGHT, PAUL. THANK YOU KNOW STATE SENATOR LEAVES OUT A SIDE DOOR WITHOUT TAKING QUESTIONS AFTER A LONG ETHICS HEARING TODAY, SENATORS ARE REPUBLICAN COMPLAINTS AGAINST DFL SENATOR OMAR FATAH. POLITICAL REPORTER THEO KEITH IS AT THE CAPITOL FOR US TONIGHT. SO THEO, WHAT DO THESE COMPLAINTS ALLEGE? AND HOW IS RESPONDING? AMY ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS, SEEKS AN INVESTIGATION INTO FATTEST TIES TO A FEDERAL VOTER FRAUD CASE. THE OTHER ONE THAT CAME UP TODAY ACCUSES FATEH OF SEEKING STATE MONEY. FOR A NON PROFIT THAT RAN FREE ADS FOR HIM IN 2020 SAYS HE PAID FOR THOSE ADS. I DO. SENATOR OMAR FATTAH SWORN IN ALONG WITH HIS REPUBLICAN ACCUSERS, THE SENATE ETHICS PANEL QUICKLY TOOK UP A COMPLAINT ACCUSING FATTY OF SEEKING STATE GRANT MONEY FOR A SOMALI BROADCAST OUTLET THAT RAN MY NAME IS OMAR FATAH. THE ADS DO NOT SHOW FOR TAPE PAID FOR THEM. HIS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS DIDN’T EITHER. UNTIL FATTY CHANGED THEM ON TUESDAY, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDED RECEIPTS FROM CASH APP A MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICE SHOWING 2 $500 PAYMENTS . HIS ATTORNEY ACKNOWLEDGED AN ALLEGATIONS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE TODAY ARE FUNDAMENTALLY BASED ON RUMOR. SOMALI TV’S PRESIDENT SAYS HE FORGOT TO INCLUDE FATTIES BUT REPUBLICANS PUSHED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. I WOULD ARGUE THAT NONE OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED DISPROVES ARCHIVES, THE ETHICS PANEL HAS TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH PARTY, ONE OF HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS SAID SHE BELIEVED HIM HE’S MY COLLEAGUE. I HAVE NO SERIOUS I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THAT’S NOT TRUE. CONSIDERING A SECOND COMPLAINT, WHICH SEEKS TO INVESTIGATE A FEDERAL VOTER FRAUD CASE IN WHICH FATTIES BROTHER IN LAW WAS CONVICTED LAST MONTH OF LYING TO FATAH’S LEGISLATIVE AIDE HAS LEFT THE SENATE THEY LEFT THROUGH A SIDE DOOR WITHOUT TAKING QUESTIONS. SENATORS ATTORNEY WOULD NOT EXPLAIN MORE AGAIN. I HAVE NO COMMENT ON ANYTHING ELSE TODAY TODAY FOR THE HEARING. WE DID GO OVER. COMPLAINT NUMBER ONE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN MY COMMENT ON THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS AT THE SENATE ETHICS PANEL HAS MET. IT IS MEETING AGAIN NEXT WEEK TO TAKE UP THAT SECOND COMPLAINT AND TO DECIDE WHETHER TO AUTHORIZE AND INVESTIGATION OF FATEH. IF I TELL YOU IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION THIS FALL, BUT HE HAS DRAWN A DFL CHALLENGER IN MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS UNION