There was a big spotlight on the fraud in Minnesota this past week.
Not only was the fraud massive, involving reportedly over a billion in taxpayer dollars, but there were also many questions about how this happened and was allowed to continue.
Both the House Oversight Committee and the Treasury Department have launched investigations. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said they were also looking into the reports that money may have been “diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.”
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Both Bessent and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-5) separately appeared on Sunday with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation.
Brennan asked Omar about the fraud, which appears to involve have been perpetrated by a number of Somalis. Her response was not great, as she argued that Somalis were victims in this, too.
.@IlhanMN says Somalis in Minnesota are actually the victims of the massive fraud scandal in which 91% of the perpetrators are of Somali descent: “It’s been really frustrating!” pic.twitter.com/T5ODvFjYe1
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 7, 2025
That was a deflection away from the question about the perpetrators and why they weren’t stopped sooner.
But her response to the question of the reported money to terrorism was even worse.
.@IlhanMN on the possibility that money from the Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota is being funneled to foreign terrorist organizations: *giggles* pic.twitter.com/JFGUss8yl3
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 7, 2025
So she’s pretty confident it’s not true because if it were true, that would be a failure of the FBI and the court system.
Um, we just saw a huge failure in the whole fraud scandal that wasn’t stopped by the Democratic politicians in charge in Minnesota. And Biden’s FBI was busy chasing pro-life people. I’m pretty confident that there’s already been a ton of failure. That’s part of the problem.
Brennan also spoke to Bessent, and he didn’t hold back.
.@SecScottBessent on the massive Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota: “When you come to this country, you gotta learn which side of the road to drive on, you gotta learn to stop at the stop signs, and you gotta learn not to defraud the American people.” pic.twitter.com/SKvnANw0Ty
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 7, 2025
“A lot of money has been transferred the- from the individuals who committed this fraud, including those who donated to the government, Governor, donated to Representative Omar, and donated to AG Ellison,” he said.
Bessent said they were tracking money sent by wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking system and that went overseas.
He explained they had just started looking at the reports about money going to foreign terrorists. Bessent said that Omar had downplayed the fraud scandal and was gaslighting the American people about how it had been handled.
He then summed up the fraud scandal simply:
“When you come to this country, you gotta learn which side of the road to drive on, you gotta learn to stop at the stop signs, and you gotta learn not to defraud the American people,’ he said.
You can say that again.
Indeed, anyone who we let in should know not to commit any fraud before they get here, or we shouldn’t be let into the country.
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