2 hours ago - The House Oversight Committee has called Minnesota state representatives to testify before the panel for a January 7 hearing centered around “fraud and misuse of federal funds” in the state. The investigative panel run by Republican Rep. James Comer is also expected to hear testimony from Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in a separate hearing on February 10. In a statement to CNN, the governor’s office said it was “always happy to work with Congress, though this committee has a track record of holding circus hearings that have nothing to do with the issue at hand.”

16 hours ago - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday his administration has spent years cracking down on fraud, by “referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs.” He also asked the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action, a spokesperson for the governor told CNN.

The cost of the “industrial level” fraud in Minnesota, reportedly perpetrated mostly by Somali immigrants, has now grown to $9 billion, according to federal prosecutors. But you would never know this – or anything else about the growing scandal – if you rely on CNN or MS NOW (formerly ...

5 days ago - The feds claim a brazen Minnesota fraud scheme ripped off more than $9 billion in taxpayer dough — but MS NOW and CNN viewers haven't heard a thing about it.

18 hours ago - Snyder’s “off script” remarks ... on CNN on Thursday evening. Jennings told host Abby Phillips that some people have been held accountable, but until someone in power, someone elected and in charge of administering this “goes to jail…it’s honestly never going to stop.” · Trending: Melania Trump Looks FIRE as She Arrives at Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve Gala with President Trump (VIDEO) The Minnesota fraud scandal is ...

16 hours ago - CNN reporter confronts YouTuber Nick Shirley over viral video accusing Somali-run Minnesota daycares of fraud.

1 week ago - Before considering those systemic ... that Minnesota ripoffs were simply caused by the pandemic. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) specifically blamed the fraud on the poor design of pandemic benefit programs: “I just think that a lot of the COVID programs that were set up — they were set up so quickly that a lot of the guardrails did not get created,” she argued on CNN...

October 4, 2024 - Randall told CNN that she knows of no personnel changes linked to any audit by her office since 2019, when Walz was sworn in. Critics say that is on Walz, now the Democratic candidate for vice president. “When he is not holding any commissioners responsible, then yes, Governor Walz is responsible for the fraud that has been ongoing in the state of Minnesota,” said Lisa Demuth, the state House GOP leader.

3 days ago - BREAKING: U.S. District Attorney ... (@Polymarket) December 28, 2025 · Still no coverage in NYT, WaPo, CNN, or Minneapolis Star-Tribune of massive fraud being uncovered in Minnesota....

3 days ago - JANA HOCKING unlocks the secret ... 'good' ... A daycare facility allegedly involved in Minnesota's ongoing fraud scandal has hit back at criticism over a misspelled sign as staff reportedly 'truck in' children....

16 hours ago - “This is Trump’s long game,” Walz wrote Tuesday on X. “We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue – but this has been his plan all along. He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.”

2 days ago - The Trump administration has increased pressure on Venezuela as many agencies have brought fresh attention to a fraud scandal in Minnesota. Follow live.

3 days ago - CNN anchor Abby Phillip asserted that the idea that "no one is being held accountable" for the widespread fraud being reported in Minnesota is "completely false," and that the abuse was not "just left to run rampant."

12 hours ago - In one high-profile example, more than 90 individuals have been charged since 2022 in the ongoing case of a Minnesota nonprofit that prosecutors say misappropriated some $250 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds intended to feed children in need...