Nick Shirley, an independent journalist and YouTuber known for his fraud exposés in Minnesota and now California, went out to confront California legislators over Assembly Bill 2624, which many have dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.”
The legislation is framed by the state’s Democrats as a measure to protect the privacy of businesses and those who provide immigration support services. It would allow certain covered workers and organizations to withhold personal details such as home addresses, and would restrict the posting of their images or personal information online when done to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence.
Failure to comply with the bill could result in thousands of dollars in fines or up to a year in jail.
🚨 Exposing California's corrupt "Stop Nick Shirley Act", instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud.
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) April 18, 2026
This bill AB 2624 will:
- Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown
-… pic.twitter.com/XurajSpofS
In one clip, Shirley confronted a California state senator and the Speaker of the Assembly, Robert Rivas.
The state senator insisted that Shirley’s understanding of the bill was a misinterpretation and told him she was willing to sit down and go over it in greater detail. The Speaker, however, ignored his questions and quickly retreated to his car.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Nick Shirley FOLLOWED the California Speaker of the House and a Senator for pushing the Stop Nick Shirley Act, which CRIMINALIZES anti-fraud journalism
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 18, 2026
They were stumbling, panicked, REFUSING to acknowledge that levying up to $50K fines for journalism is TYRANNY… pic.twitter.com/FCYebyZQUB
In another clip, Shirley confronted State Senator Scott Wiener, whose only response was to call him a “psycho scam artist.”
California State Senator Scott Wiener, a creepy guy who frequents kink events, is confronted by Nick Shirley about California’s unconstitutional “Stop Nick Shirley Act” that attempts to criminalize journalists for exposing fraud.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) April 18, 2026
Shirley: “Can you give us your opinion really… https://t.co/Hsz1kSitVe pic.twitter.com/UlIdHPneI1
After the full video’s release, Shirley appeared on Fox News Sunday to blast legislators for attacking him personally instead of working with him to investigate and stop fraud, an issue he says isn’t partisan.
"Well, they should be working with me to crack down on this fraud. Instead, they want to make me look like the bad person," Shirley said. "Maybe it's because that fraud makes them look bad, but in reality, I'm there to help everyone out. This fraud, it's not a Republican or Democrat issue. There is a lot more fraud in Democrat states, but I'm actually just trying to help America in general."
"And so for them to make these attacks, it's kind of very, it's quite frankly, very stupid of them to do that when in fact, I'm just providing a huge public service, more than any public service they've done, and they get very upset about it," he added.
🚨 NICK SHIRLEY JUST SAID IT PERFECTLY:
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 19, 2026
"They should be working WITH me to crack down on this fraud. Instead, they want to make me look like the BAD person."
"Maybe it's because that fraud makes THEM look bad, but in reality, I'm there to help everyone out."
"This fraud, it's… pic.twitter.com/ZuWfYgn6uE
This comes as Shirley has completed several investigations in California, uncovering issues ranging from hospice fraud to daycare fraud.
No state officials have commented on the legitimacy of his findings, choosing neither to confirm nor deny them, or even to acknowledge that the state may have a problem with fraud.
Welcome to Holly Angles Hospice, this is the Learing Center of California's hospice fraud.
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) March 25, 2026
Fraudsters use:
- Elderly
- Children
- Autistic/disabled
They use the most vulnerable to steal millions from hardworking, law-abiding taxpayers while living in luxury
END ALL THE FRAUD. pic.twitter.com/LuNq5xwCMn
Worse than Minnesota! Nick Shirley finds kids left unsupervised at what is supposed to be a Child Care center in a San Diego apartment building. pic.twitter.com/kZ2SWJiX3f
— jay plemons (@jayplemons) March 17, 2026
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