FILE - Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, surrounded by the prosecution's trial team, speaks during a news conference after the verdict was read in the first Feeding Our Future case at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis, June 7, 2024. A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others June 7 for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million that was supposed to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced charges in the case Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Leila Navadi/Star Tribune via AP, File)