The House Oversight Committee and the U.S. Treasury have both launched investigations into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's involvement in a massive fraud scheme where Somali Immigrants stole more than $1 billion from state taxpayers and funneled it to Al-Shabaab terrorists.
Both the House Oversight committee and the Treasury Department have launched investigations into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s involvement in a “massive fraud” scheme that involved Somali immigrants stealing more than $1 BILLION from US taxpayers
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, told the New York Post that his panel “will conduct a thorough investigation into Governor Walz’s failure to safeguard taxpayer dollars.”
“Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was warned about massive fraud in a pandemic food-aid program for children, yet he failed to act. Instead, whistleblowers who raised concerns faced retaliation,” Comer said. “Because of Governor Walz’s negligence, criminals — including Somali terrorists — stole nearly $1 billion from the program while children suffered.”
The investigation could lead (and better lead), to criminal charges, as Comer can issue subpoenas and refer alleged crimes to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
The DOJ has already convicted 59 people involved in the scheme.
The Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also announced an investigation into the same scheme by the U.S. Treasury, writing on X:
At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab. Thanks to the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, we are acting fast to ensure Americans’ taxes are not funding acts of global terror .We will share our findings as our investigation continues.
At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) December 1, 2025
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A whistleblower X account claiming to be a group of 500 employees working for Minnesota’s Department of Human Services torched Walz on Saturday, alleging he was “100% responsible” for the fraud.
“We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response,” the account posted on Saturday. “Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. Instead of partnership, we got the full weight of retaliation."
The account has since been suspended.