Earlier this month, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz openly confessed that his administration should have been more transparent with taxpayers about the massive Somali-linked fraud schemes that have plagued state programs, potentially costing billions in federal funds.
The video, which has gone viral on social media in the wake of Nick Shirley’s bombshell reporting on Somali daycare centers, shows Walz admitting to knowing about the ongoing fraud during a press conference on December 12.
Standing before the American and Minnesota flags in the Capitol rotunda, Walz addressed the media about ongoing investigations into fraud in multiple state-run programs, including child nutrition initiatives like Feeding Our Future, autism services, and other social welfare programs.
In the clip, Walz states:
“I think what the president did was elevate it. Uh, I do believe and I will fully own this we should have been keeping Minnesotans more up to speed on what was happening.”
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REMINDER: Tim Walz knew fraud was happening and did NOTHING
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“We should have been, I think, on a better cadence as you see things that were happening in 2022 as the tools that were given to the administration would get there,” Walz rambled. “So again, after the fact, I—there’s a lot of folks talk about this. Um, I have seven years of proven this. I just fix these things and should we have fixed MNLARS before it got there? Certainly, certainly. We shouldn’t have gone through 10 years of trying to get a licensing system. But once we got there, once we figured it out. And I think that’s true.”
Walz’s reference to “what the president did” appears to allude to President Donald Trump’s recent criticisms of Minnesota as a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” involving Somali refugees.
Walz also announced new anti-fraud measures in response to the escalating scandals.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed on Sunday that the agency is actively investigating the Somali community’s schemes.
Patel said that denaturalization and deportation are on the table.
The fraud scandals date back to at least 2022, with federal prosecutors charging dozens of individuals, many from Minnesota’s large Somali community, in what has been described as one of the largest COVID-era fraud cases in the nation.
The Feeding Our Future program alone saw over $250 million allegedly stolen through fake meal reimbursements for children, with funds diverted to luxury cars, real estate, and overseas transfers.
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