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More than 400 people in the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services are now becoming whistleblowers, claiming that Governor Tim Walz knew about fraud in its earliest stages as hundreds of millions of dollars were disappearing. Now, the Trump administration is investigating.

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00:00:27.040 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
00:00:31.120 Good Tuesday morning. Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
00:00:35.180 We've got a major story for you, and that is the men and women in Minnesota's Department of Health.
00:00:41.140 More than 400 individuals are now becoming whistleblowers, claiming that Governor Tim Walz knew about fraud in its earliest stages as hundreds of millions of dollars were disappearing.
00:00:57.040 And going to fund terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.
00:01:01.400 Now, the Trump administration is investigating.
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00:03:01.140 Story number one.
00:03:02.420 Hundreds of Minnesota government workers have now accused the state's leftist radical governor,
00:03:10.000 former VP candidate Tim Walz, of being responsible for the biggest fraud case in the state's history.
00:03:19.660 What is Tim Walz saying about it? 0.55
00:03:21.800 Oh, well, he's saying Donald Trump is insane, and he wants his MRI released, which the president did.
00:03:28.860 Now, the statement came from over 400 individuals in the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services employees,
00:03:37.900 and the group claimed that it alerted Governor Tim Walz, the Democrat in charge,
00:03:44.260 to the fraud in the early stages of its discovery, but he allegedly retaliated against the whistleblowers.
00:03:50.660 The statement they put out said this.
00:03:53.480 Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota.
00:03:57.960 We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud, but no.
00:04:03.900 We got the opposite response.
00:04:06.600 Governor Walz systematically retaliated against the whistleblowers using monitoring threats, repression,
00:04:13.140 and did his best to discredit fraud reports.
00:04:16.400 Instead of partnership, we got the full weight of retaliation by Tim Walz.
00:04:21.780 Certain DFL members and an indifferent mainstream media.
00:04:27.300 It's scary, isolating, and left us wondering who can we turn to.
00:04:32.620 In addition to retaliating against whistleblowers,
00:04:35.900 Tim Walz disempowered the Office of Legislative Auditor,
00:04:40.000 allowing agencies to disregard their audit findings and their guidance.
00:04:47.280 Media and politicians supporting Tim Walz or the DFL agenda
00:04:52.600 attack the whistleblowers who are trying to raise red flags on the fraudulent activities.
00:04:59.460 The New York Times even has a headline now that says
00:05:02.320 how fraud swamped Minnesota's social services system on Tim Walz's watch.
00:05:08.440 Prosecutors say members of the Somali diaspora,
00:05:13.440 a group with growing political power, were largely responsible.
00:05:17.520 President Trump has drawn national attention to the scandal amid his crackdown on immigration.
00:05:22.900 Now, again, what I just read you is from the actual New York Times.
00:05:27.060 Not only that, but a damning quote on Tim Walz's failure to stop the fraud consuming Minnesota.
00:05:32.160 Quote, no one was doing anything about the red flags.
00:05:37.600 It was like someone was stealing money from the cookie jar and they kept refilling it.
00:05:42.460 That is, again, a line from the New York Times article.
00:05:46.520 Now, Somalis in Minnesota allegedly took millions and millions and millions of dollars
00:05:51.580 in state Medicaid autism care programs.
00:05:55.320 We talked about this recently on this show.
00:05:58.380 And then they sent it to their native country and its terrorist organizations. 0.91
00:06:03.740 Again, something that you knew about weeks ago if you listen to this show.
00:06:08.580 Breitbart News even reported in July that nearly 100 autism clinics in Minnesota
00:06:14.100 were being investigated for fraudulently billing Medicaid
00:06:17.680 for treatment of children supposedly diagnosed with autism.
00:06:21.200 Most of it in connection with the rampantly corrupt Somali community around Minneapolis. 1.00
00:06:26.420 But the fraud is far more widespread with far more money involved than was previously reported.
00:06:32.100 All of which has been something that the governor, Tim Walz, knew about.
00:06:39.260 The House Majority Whip, Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota,
00:06:44.000 has since called for an investigation into the millions of taxpayer dollars.
00:06:48.680 State taxpayer money.
00:06:50.080 Literally going directly to a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda known as al-Shabaab.
00:06:55.980 Again, something we exposed on this show.
00:06:59.100 And despite the evidence of fraud,
00:07:01.180 state Democrats have continued to support the Somali community.
00:07:04.720 Why?
00:07:05.380 Because they need their votes.
00:07:07.820 Now, in its post on X on Saturday,
00:07:10.720 the Minnesota DHS continued criticizing the governor.
00:07:14.520 Stating, quote,
00:07:15.360 Fundamentally, Tim Walz is dishonest, lacks ethics and integrity.
00:07:20.080 Has poor leadership abilities and has never taken any accountability for his role in this fraud.
00:07:25.920 Where tax dollars went directly to terrorists.
00:07:29.460 Which brings us to the media halfway covering this.
00:07:33.520 NBC News on Meet the Press had Tim Walz on on Sunday.
00:07:36.960 And I want you to listen to how softball-y they were with him.
00:07:40.700 And how they let Tim Walz, in essence, not answer the question.
00:07:43.640 And somehow go back to attacking Donald Trump when the fraud that has taken place in his state
00:07:50.200 was helping terrorist organizations.
00:07:53.420 Listen carefully.
00:07:54.600 Well, speaking of the Somali community,
00:07:56.920 President Trump is targeting them and your state in part.
00:08:00.860 He's citing fraud as the reason for his crackdown.
00:08:03.480 Dozens of people of East African descent have been charged, convicted, and sentenced
00:08:08.880 for stealing more than a billion dollars in taxpayer money from government programs during COVID.
00:08:15.000 As you know, Governor, that is more than Minnesota spends each year to run its Department of Corrections.
00:08:20.140 So I want to give you a chance to respond to this.
00:08:22.800 Do you take responsibility for failing to stop this fraud in your state?
00:08:27.020 Well, certainly, I take responsibility for putting people in jail.
00:08:30.660 Governors don't get to just talk theoretically.
00:08:33.580 We have to solve problems.
00:08:34.820 And I will note, it's not just Somalis.
00:08:37.380 Minnesota is a generous state.
00:08:38.980 Minnesota is a prosperous state.
00:08:40.340 It's a well-run state.
00:08:41.440 We're AAA bond-rated.
00:08:42.900 But that attracts criminals.
00:08:44.340 Those people are going to jail.
00:08:45.840 We're doing everything we can.
00:08:47.400 But to demonize an entire community on the actions of a few, it's lazy.
00:08:51.840 And as you heard Senator Kelly say,
00:08:54.260 this president has cut a lot of inspector generals.
00:08:56.840 He's cut programs that could help us tackle this on.
00:08:59.860 So we are.
00:09:00.660 We'll take it on.
00:09:01.500 We'll put folks in jail. 1.00
00:09:02.460 I don't care what your nationality is. 0.99
00:09:04.060 I don't care what your religion is, your color. 0.99
00:09:06.260 If you're committing crimes, these are programs that were meant to serve students with autism,
00:09:11.380 to housing, and to making sure people had enough to eat. 0.82
00:09:15.500 There's a reason Minnesota ranks as the top, lowest childhood poverty, best place for children to live. 1.00
00:09:21.140 People are taking advantage that they're going to prison.
00:09:23.120 That is totally disconnected with demonizing an entire group of people who came here fleeing civil war
00:09:28.880 and created a vibrant community that makes Minnesota and this country better.
00:09:33.140 But that's Donald Trump.
00:09:34.660 Deflect, demonize, come up with no solutions.
00:09:37.000 He's not going to help fix anything on fraud.
00:09:39.620 My God, there's a big difference between fraud and corruption.
00:09:42.260 And corruption is something he knows about.
00:09:44.100 Well, Governor, you notice she didn't interrupt him one time.
00:09:49.840 She let him put out the lies and the propaganda.
00:09:52.420 He talks about people getting arrested when he was the one allowing the money and the whistleblowers were targeted.
00:09:58.400 Four hundred workers have now come out against the governor.
00:10:02.920 Why did he not act?
00:10:06.980 It's very clear.
00:10:08.300 He needs the Somali votes. 0.90
00:10:10.120 The Democratic Party has sold their soul to the Somali voting bloc in Minnesota. 0.99
00:10:16.360 And it's a large voting bloc.
00:10:19.100 Make no mistake about it.
00:10:21.020 And so he was willing to look the other way while the fraud was happening because he thought it was worth it politically.
00:10:30.460 What's scary is that guy was very close to becoming the vice president of the United States of America.
00:10:35.300 And what's even more damning about what I just told you is the fact that they knew where the money was going.
00:10:42.020 It was going to terrorists.
00:10:44.620 The money was leaving the country.
00:10:47.720 The number of students that had autism in the Somali community was absolutely insane compared to the rest of the world. 1.00
00:10:57.780 The statistics show that there was a huge fraud.
00:11:01.420 Everyone knew that there was a huge fraud.
00:11:04.040 More than 400 people that also, by the way, knew this was not a political thing.
00:11:10.720 It was clearly a national security issue and an issue of just corruption in a community that the Democrats said, no, no, no, we need them.
00:11:22.640 We need their votes.
00:11:23.500 So here we are, Democrats saying, hey, we actually think somehow you're a bad person, Mr. President. 0.99
00:11:31.180 You're unhinged. 0.97
00:11:32.320 We demand your MRI. 0.98
00:11:34.580 That's their response to corruption and fraud in Minnesota.
00:11:38.000 Well, the president released it and says, now it's your turn to answer questions.
00:11:43.180 I'm just fine.
00:11:44.600 The question now is who will go to jail?
00:11:46.960 And will there be any accountability at all for any of those involved?
00:11:53.640 That includes the governor in this investigation.
00:11:57.480 We'll keep you updated on it.
00:11:59.180 That I can promise you.
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