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Scott Bessent Goes ‘Quiet Assassin’ Mode on CBS’s Margaret Brennan
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Scott Bessent Goes ‘Quiet Assassin’ Mode on CBS’s Margaret Brennan

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Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent said the agency is investigating a major fraud case involving Somalis who allegedly moved billions out of Minnesota through unregulated money transfer networks.

During an exchange with Margaret Brennan, he said the scheme was first uncovered by federal investigators, not state officials, and that the IRS is now tracing where the funds were sent overseas.

Brennan opened the interview by asking about President Trump’s directive.

She said, “The President told you, though this week, to look into Somalis, who, quote, ripped off that state for billions of dollars.

He said they contribute nothing. What exactly are you investigating?”

Bessent responded by emphasizing that the IRS Criminal Investigations Unit initiated the case.

He said, “Well, Margaret, to be clear, the initial fraud that was discovered by the IRS, for which I’m the Acting Commissioner, is discovered by IRS Criminal Investigations Unit. This was not an endogenous thing that the state of Minnesota decided we had to go in and clean up the mess for them, and this is part of the continued cleanup.”

He said investigators have traced large sums of money transferred by individuals connected to the fraud, including donors to prominent Democratic officials.

Bessent explained, “A lot of money has been transferred from the individuals who committed this fraud, including those who donated to the government, Governor, donated to represent Omar and donated to AG Ellison. But they’ve been transferred to something called MBS is and those are…”

Brennan interjected, asking, “Transferred to what?”

Bessent clarified the nature of the financial channels involved.

He said, “These are money the bureau services, and they are wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking system. And that money has gone overseas, and we are tracking that the both to the Middle East and to Somalia to see what the uses of that have been.”

Brennan pressed him on allegations regarding terrorism, saying, “Okay, but you have no evidence of that money being used to fuel terrorism, which is what some conservative writers are alleging.”

Bessent said the investigation is active and ongoing.

He responded, “That’s why it’s an investigation. We started it last week. We’ll see where it goes.” He criticized Representative Ilhan Omar for her public comments, stating, “But I can tell you that, you know, it’s terrible. Representative, Omar tried to downplay it. Said, Oh, it was very the it was very tough to know how this money should, should be used. She was gaslighting the American people.”

Bessent concluded by saying that immigrants must respect American laws, adding, “When you come to this country, you got to learn which side of the road to drive on. You got to learn to stop the stop signs, and you got to learn the not to defraud the American people.”

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Biden Ignored Missing Children; Trump Found and Saved Over 62,000 of Them: Tom Homan
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Biden Ignored Missing Children; Trump Found and Saved Over 62,000 of Them: Tom Homan

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Border Czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration’s review of child welfare and immigration data uncovered a massive number of missing and unaccounted-for children who had been ignored under the prior administration.

Homan said the effort began with daily tracking of records and expanded into one of the largest child-recovery operations ever described by a federal official.

Homan explained that he monitors the numbers constantly and that the findings were clear.

“I look at the numbers every day. On Friday, I looked at the numbers. There’s over 62,000 children found by the Trump administration, children that weren’t even being looked for in the Biden administration.”

He said those children had fallen completely off government radar, despite signs of possible exploitation, trafficking, or abandonment.

According to Homan, many of these cases were severe.

He said, “President Trump saved over 62,000 children’s lives. Some of these children sex trafficking. We found. Some were in forced labor. Some were being mistreated. I can’t even discuss some of the mistreatment we found out about.”

Homan said the nature of the abuse was so extreme in certain instances that details could not be publicly disclosed.

Homan described the effort as a nationwide review requiring coordination among law enforcement agencies, child services, and immigration officers.

He said the Trump administration insisted on identifying every child who had been released, transferred, or logged in border records, including children who had disappeared during the prior administration’s handling of migrant placements.

He argued that the scale of the recovery exposed systemic failures under Joe Biden.

Homan said many of these children had been misplaced through improper vetting, rushed releases, and minimal follow-up when adults claiming custody were never verified. He said a significant number were discovered in situations that should have been flagged earlier.

He stated that the discoveries were not accidental but the result of deliberate policy direction.

According to Homan, President Trump instructed his administration to prioritize the location and safety of missing children.

That directive, he said, led to renewed investigations, re-opened files, and cooperation from state agencies that had not been engaged under Biden.

Homan said the public has not fully grasped how wide-reaching the effort was.

He said the children located by Trump’s team were not simply missing from border facilities but also from private placements, sponsor arrangements, and situations where adults had never been properly screened.

He said a portion of those children had been exploited for labor, taken to work sites, or handed to criminal networks.

He emphasized that the work is ongoing and that new information continues to emerge as agencies reconcile records and cross-check cases.

Homan said the initial tally of more than 62,000 children represents only the portion for which the Trump administration has already completed verification.

Homan credited President Trump directly.

He said, “President Trump again, proves why he’s the greatest president in my lifetime, over 62,000 children rescued by President Trump again, children that were ignored and weren’t being looked for under President Biden.”

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Homeless Illegal Alien Charged in Charlotte Light Rail Stabbing After Two Prior Deportations
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Homeless Illegal Alien Charged in Charlotte Light Rail Stabbing After Two Prior Deportations

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A homeless illegal alien who had twice been deported from the United States was arrested after a stabbing on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail line.

The incident occurred while the city continues to deal with the recent murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was fatally stabbed by a homeless man with a long criminal record.

According to a report from the New York Post, Oscar Solarzano was arrested on charges including first-degree attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, breaking and entering, carrying a concealed weapon, and being intoxicated and disruptive.

He is being held without bond.

Police said Solarzano, 33, allegedly ran onto the Charlotte light rail on Friday evening and stabbed a man with a large knife.

Authorities said the Honduran illegal alien forced his way onto the train while intoxicated, started a fight with the victim, and then stabbed him, causing serious injuries.

ABC News reported that the victim was hospitalized at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition.

Court records list the victim’s address as a homeless shelter in Charlotte.

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X that Solarzano had been deported from the United States twice before returning illegally.

“ICE lodged a detainer to ensure this criminal illegal is not released back into North Carolina neighborhoods. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the county will honor the detainer since they have a history of not cooperating with [ICE],” McLaughlin wrote.

McLaughlin stated that Solarzano was first deported by the Trump Administration, returned illegally in 2021, and was deported again.

“He entered the country illegally for a THIRD time at an unknown date and location,” she wrote.

DHS said Solarzano has an extensive criminal history in the United States, including arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, resisting arrest, using a false ID, and convictions for robbery and illegal re-entry.

The stabbing took place about four months after the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee killed in an unprovoked attack by a homeless man with a long record.

A GoFundMe page created by her family said she had “recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning,” and that “her life was cut short far too soon.”

Video from the scene shows the alleged attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, stabbing Zarutska with a butcher knife after she sat down on a city bus. Brown, who has a lengthy criminal history, then left the bus as Zarutska bled to death.

Authorities said Brown had 14 criminal cases filed against him before the attack.

His record included a robbery with a deadly weapon conviction that resulted in a five-year prison sentence.

Brown was arrested at the scene and charged by North Carolina prosecutors with first-degree murder.

He is also facing a federal charge of causing death on a mass transportation system, which carries a possible life sentence or the death penalty.

In the aftermath of Zarutska’s murder, North Carolina lawmakers passed “Iryna’s Law,” which changed several of the city’s criminal justice policies, including measures related to cashless bail.

Dem Rep Grijalva Whines About the Consequences of Her Interfering with ICE Operations
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Dem Rep Grijalva Whines About the Consequences of Her Interfering with ICE Operations

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Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) appeared on MS Now on Saturday to describe what she said occurred during an encounter with ICE agents one day earlier.

Grijalva said she joined a group of protesters at a law enforcement operation on Friday, where she alleged she was shoved aside and pepper-sprayed after identifying herself as a member of Congress.

According to Grijalva, she approached agents to ask questions about the ongoing operation and was attempting to “understand what’s happening.”

She said the situation escalated when agents directed her to move away from the area.

Grijalva claimed one agent told her, “I don’t care who you are, you need to get out of the way.”

During her interview, hosted by Jen Psaki, Grijalva repeated her allegation that she and her staff were pushed and pepper-sprayed.

She then made a new claim, telling viewers that she was “shot at” during the encounter.

Psaki opened the segment by expressing concern for Grijalva and her staff.

“First of all, it’s great to see you. I’m happy to see that you’re okay. How are you? How are your staff doing?” Psaki asked.

Grijalva responded by describing the incident as “really scary, very jarring,” saying, “I mean, it’s one thing to hear about these things happening in communities. It’s another thing to have it happen directly to you.”

She added, “I really did go, you know, with the assumption that I’m just trying to understand what’s happening. And so I went up, I introduced myself, I let them know who I was. One agent said, ‘I don’t care who you are, you need to get out of the way.’”

Grijalva continued, “We were pushed. We were shot at. And it’s really scary. It was very frightening and very jarring.”

Federal officials disputed her description of events.

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin publicly challenged the accuracy of Grijalva’s statements after the congresswoman claimed she had been attacked by ICE personnel.

Video of the incident shows that nonlethal projectiles were used during the operation.

The footage does not show Grijalva being pepper-sprayed in the face.

Instead, the recording indicates she approached agents, refused commands to move back, and remained close to the line of officers.

A pepper ball was fired at the ground near her while she continued advancing toward agents.

The video also shows the crowd shouting and moving toward ICE personnel as officers attempted to clear the area.

Grijalva was among those in close proximity to agents at the time the nonlethal round impacted the ground.

ICE agents had been carrying out an enforcement action when protesters gathered around the scene.

The agency uses pepper ball launchers as a crowd-management tool, and officials said the device deployed in this instance was not directed at Grijalva but toward the ground to create distance between officers and demonstrators.

Austrian Climber Charged After Girlfriend Freezes Near Summit in Deadly Ascent
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Austrian Climber Charged After Girlfriend Freezes Near Summit in Deadly Ascent

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Kerstin Gutner, 33, has been identified as the woman who died near the summit of Grossglockner mountain in Austria on Jan. 19 during a night ascent with her boyfriend, experienced mountaineer Thomas Plamberger.

Gutner died less than 150 feet from the summit after the pair attempted the climb in winter conditions that reached -4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to reports.

Gutner, a Salzburg native, had described herself on social media as a “winter child” and a “mountain person.”

Authorities said she was an inexperienced climber compared to Plamberger, 39, who had planned the high-altitude excursion.

Prosecutors in Innsbruck announced negligent homicide charges against Plamberger, outlining a series of decisions they say contributed to Gutner’s death during the overnight climb that spanned more than 12,000 feet.

“At approximately 2:00 a.m., the defendant left his girlfriend unprotected, exhausted, hypothermic, and disoriented about 50 meters below the summit cross of the Grossglockner. The woman froze to death. Since the defendant, unlike his girlfriend, was already very experienced with alpine high-altitude tours and had planned the tour, he was to be considered the responsible guide of the tour,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

According to prosecutors and local reporting from Heute, the pair were stranded beginning at 8:50 p.m. but Plamberger did not make an emergency call when a police helicopter passed nearby at 10:50 p.m.

Webcam images later showed the couple’s camp near the peak where Gutner was eventually found dead.

Authorities said Plamberger contacted Alpine Police officers at 1:35 a.m. before placing his phone on silent.

Prosecutors allege that approximately half an hour later he left Gutner on the mountain and did not cover her with available emergency blankets.

A trail camera captured him descending the route alone at 2:30 a.m., with Gutner still near the summit area.

At 3:30 a.m., he reached out to emergency services again, according to the report.

Plamberger’s attorney, Kurt Jelinek, said his client maintains his innocence, calling the events “a tragic, fateful accident,” according to The Daily Mail’s reporting on the case.

Tributes were posted on a memorial page for Gutner.

“Rest in heavenly peace,” one commenter wrote.

Another message read, “Behind the tears of grief lies the smile of remembrance.”

A third tribute said, “Deeply saddened to learn of this death, I wish to express my condolences. Impossible to find the right words.”

Authorities confirmed that Plamberger was formally charged on Thursday.

His trial is expected to begin in February.

If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.

JD Vance Drops the Mic on Student During Turning Point Immigration Debate
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JD Vance Drops the Mic on Student During Turning Point Immigration Debate

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Vice President J.D. Vance outlined his view that the United States must set immigration levels based on current national needs rather than on past practices or historical sentiment.

Speaking during a public exchange, Vance said he believes the country can both respect immigrants who entered legally and contributed to the nation while still reducing future immigration levels to protect the interests of American citizens.

“Okay, so again, I’m gonna finish answering the question, and then if you know, if I’ve answered all nine of your questions in less than 15 minutes, then we can keep on going. We got to have a little fun, right?” Vance said as he opened his remarks.

He then explained that honoring prior lawful immigration does not obligate the country to accept unlimited numbers going forward.

“So here, here’s, here’s the thing. I can believe that the United States should, should lower its levels of immigration in the future, while also respecting that there are people who have come here through immigration, Pat lawful immigration pathways that have contributed to the country,” he said.

Vance argued that contributions from past immigrants cannot serve as a mandate for future admissions on a massive scale.

“But just because one person or 10 people or 100 people came in legally and contributed to the United States of America, does that mean that we’re thereby committed to let in a million or 10 million or 100 million people a year in the future? No, that’s not right,” he said.

He stressed that immigration policy must be flexible and updated to reflect present-day realities rather than bound to what may have worked decades ago.

“We cannot have I’ll go and finish. We cannot have an immigration policy where what was good for the country 50 or 60 years ago binds the country inevitably for the future,” Vance said.

Vance added that global demand to enter the United States far exceeds what the country can reasonably accept.

“There’s too many people who want to come to the United States of America,” he said.

He concluded by highlighting his constitutional responsibility: “And my job as vice president is not to look out for the interest of the whole world. It’s to look out for the people of the United States now.”

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‘Open Cover Up’: Biden’s FBI Was Not Incompetent, They Were ‘Competent at Corruption’
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‘Open Cover Up’: Biden’s FBI Was Not Incompetent, They Were ‘Competent at Corruption’

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Mike Benz delivered a detailed allegation that the FBI’s handling of the January 6 pipe bomb investigation amounted not to bureaucratic failure but to an intentional obstruction of justice.

Benz said early public reactions framing the matter as incompetence under the Biden-Harris administration misrepresent what he believes occurred.

“The point I’m getting at is what little I checked in on Twitter today. I was frustrated that one of the early evolving narratives here is FBI incompetence under the Biden administration. There’s no f**king way it’s incompetence. It was an open cover up,” he said.

Benz argued that “They gave us fake, doctored footage, and they hid the evidence, and they pulled people off the case. That is not incompetence. That was competence at corruption.”

Benz said the actions he described meet the definition of obstruction of justice.

“What you have here is a crime. You have federal law enforcement officers obstructing justice by destroying an investigation of criminal wrongdoing. We should not be talking about this as though the FBI was incompetent this whole time. We should be talking about this, like the FBI committed a f**king crime of obstructing justice,” he said.

According to Benz, accountability should come through prosecution: “The FBI agents who are a part of this should not be disciplined for incompetence. They should be prosecuted for obstruction.”

Benz also discussed the reported role of Dan Bongino, saying, “Dan Bongino, who took lead on this, as it’s reported, is the f **king man for cracking this and won’t go over the way to the evidence.”

He argued that the contrast lies not between competence and incompetence but between investigation and cover-up.

“The mirror here is not Kash and Dan’s competence to Biden’s incompetence. It’s Kash and Dan’s competence. Biden’s corruption and obstruction and cover up,” he said.

Benz rejected the idea that differences in FBI performance reflected improvements or regressions under shifting administrations.

“I don’t like this emerging dichotomy of this FBI is so much more competent than the last one. No, no, no, no, no, no. They were competent at very different things. Our FBI was competent at cracking the case. Theirs was competent at corrupting it and obstructing it, to kill it and cover it up. One is law enforcement, the other one is law breaking.”

A central element of Benz’s argument involved chain-of-custody questions surrounding security camera footage from the DNC.

He said the relevant evidence must exist in federal records.

“What was the name of the FBI agent, or agents who physically seized the security cameras from the DNC building the day of the incident,” he asked.

Benz said proper documentation is required: “Those names will be in a file chain of custody with the evidence mandatory under law.”

He raised a series of questions about what federal officers did with the material, whether it went to forensic analysis, whether it was stored, and whether any third-party contractors handled digital processing.

Benz also questioned whether the DNC retained copies and said lawmakers should obtain them.

“Subpoena the DNC for their copies of the footage and cross match it against what the FBI showed us, and get the chain of custody and interrogate every single officer who touched it along those links,” he said.

Benz tied these concerns to the handling of cell phone data.

He noted that investigators in other cases used cell phone pings to identify suspects, but that officials said the January 6 pipe bomb investigation was hindered because “the cell data was corrupted.” He said the explanation unraveled once Republicans gained control of the House.

Benz said, “Finally, the cell carriers, late in the game, like 2024 got back to the Republican controlled House of Representatives. It said, actually, the FBI is either lying or something happened to the tapes after we gave it to them, because when we gave the data to the FBI, it wasn’t corrupted.”

He said this raised two possibilities: “Either the FBI deliberately corrupted the cell data or accidentally did so.”

Benz pressed further on identifying individuals involved.

“What was the name of the FBI agent coordinating with the cell phone carrier? Carriers for the cell phone data. What was his or her name?” he asked.

Benz said the names of agents who handled subpoenas, received data, and maintained records should be retrievable.

He said gaps in those records would themselves suggest violations. “If there’s not a hard record, there’s a violation of federal records law,” he said.

He concluded by outlining the potential criminal exposure he believes may exist.

“You’ve got a crime there. You got a crime of perjury, or a crime of obstruction or crime of tampering with evidence, or a crime of failure to adhere to Bell records laws,” Benz said.

He argued that matching evidence, identifying agents, and pinpointing when data or footage changed could show “who sabotaged this, to cover this up, to protect the narrative that this was some white supremacist MAGA supporter.”

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‘Bullsh*t’: Musk Blasts EU After 0 Million Fine, Trump Officials Rally Behind Him
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‘Bullsh*t’: Musk Blasts EU After $140 Million Fine, Trump Officials Rally Behind Him

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Elon Musk and multiple Trump administration officials sharply criticized the European Union after the European Commission announced a $140 million fine against X on Friday.

The commission said the penalty was issued for “non-compliance with transparency obligations” under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Musk responded throughout the weekend on the platform, calling the action an attack on sovereignty and free speech.

“The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” Musk wrote on X on Saturday.

He added the hashtag “AbolishTheEU.”

The European Commission said the fine stemmed from what it described as “deceptive” design of the platform’s blue checkmark system, a “lack of transparency of its advertising repository,” and X’s “failure to provide access to public data for researchers.”

The commission’s announcement was posted directly on X.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reacted to the fine by calling it an “abomination” and urged President Donald Trump to impose sanctions “until this travesty is reversed.”

Musk replied that “The ‘EU’ imposed this crazy fine not just on X, but also on me personally, which is even more insane!”

He added, “Therefore, it would seem appropriate to apply our response not just to the EU, but also to the individuals who took this action against me.”

In another post, he called the penalty “bullsh*t.”

Musk also wrote, “I love Europe, but not the bureaucratic monster that is the EU.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that the fine “isn’t just an attack on X, it’s an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments.”

Before the fine was issued, Vice President JD Vance said, “The EU should be supporting free speech not attacking American companies over garbage.”

The DSA, adopted in 2022, was designed to regulate online platforms, restrict illegal or harmful content, and address the spread of disinformation.

Its enforcement has drawn criticism from the Trump administration as U.S. officials have emphasized global free speech protections and argued that the law imposes burdens on American companies.

At a Friday briefing, Thomas Reigner, spokesperson for Tech Sovereignty, Defense, Space and Research at the commission, rejected the suggestion that the fine was connected to content regulation.

“Today’s decision has nothing to do with content moderation,” Reigner said.

“It’s about transparency provisions for citizens here in the European Union.”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick echoed concerns raised by other U.S. officials.

“The Digital Services Act is designed to stifle free speech and American tech companies,” Lutnick wrote on X.

“We have made our position clear to our counterparts in Europe.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., added, “Foreign bureaucrats have zero right to tell Americans what they can and can’t say.”

Federal Communication Commission Chair Brendan Carr criticized the commission’s decision as well.

“Once again, Europe is fining a successful U.S. tech company for being a successful U.S. tech company,” Carr said.

“Europe is taxing Americans to subsidize a continent held back by Europe’s own suffocating regulations.”

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., also weighed in, saying, “America is done looking the other way while foreign governments seek to censor our people and bully our companies.”

The European Commission elaborated on its position in a press release, stating, “X’s use of the ‘blue checkmark’ for ‘verified accounts’ deceives users. On X, anyone can pay to obtain the ‘verified’ status without the company meaningfully verifying who is behind the account, making it difficult for users to judge the authenticity of accounts and content they engage with. This deception exposes users to scams, including impersonation frauds, as well as other forms of manipulation by malicious actors.”

The commission also said, “X’s advertisement repository fails to meet the transparency and accessibility requirements of the DSA. Accessible and searchable ad repositories are critical for researchers and civil society to detect scams, hybrid threat campaigns, coordinated information operations and fake advertisements.”

GOP Challenger Addresses Walz’s ‘Elephant in the Room’ in Massive Minnesota Fraud Scandal
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GOP Challenger Addresses Walz’s ‘Elephant in the Room’ in Massive Minnesota Fraud Scandal

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Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen spoke to Fox News Digital as Minneapolis confronts what prosecutors have called the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country.

The controversy centers on allegations that the nonprofit Feeding Our Future and its associates defrauded federal child-nutrition programs of hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 aid.

Jensen said he believes Gov. Tim Walz is directly responsible for the failures that allowed the scheme to grow and suggested that a “cover up” that is “worse than Watergate” may be involved.

Jensen said the size of the scandal in Minneapolis raises questions about Walz’s leadership.

“In Minnesota, I don’t think that there’s any way to cut it other than to say the buck has to stop somewhere,” he told Fox News Digital.

“And it’s always been that the buck stops at the governor’s desk. Arguably, the governor is the CEO of the state of Minnesota and the business of the government. And Tim Walz has been derelict in doing his duties, and he’s absolutely corrupted common sense.”

Jensen pointed to what he described as a timeline that contradicts Walz’s account of when the state identified concerns surrounding Feeding Our Future.

He said the Minnesota Department of Education knew there were problems in 2020 but did not refer the matter to the FBI until 2021.

“And yet they’ve made claims that as soon as they learned about it, they got the FBI involved,” Jensen said.

“That’s not true. Their timeline’s a year off.”

According to Jensen, the delay reflects a broader pattern of deflection by the governor’s office.

“At the end of the day, he’s demonstrated a very skilled approach to deflecting, so that he’s not being honest,” he said.

He cited moments following the first indictments in 2022 when Walz pointed to district court judge John Guthman as the reason the state continued payments linked to the program.

Guthman later issued what outlets described as a “rare public rebuke” and said Walz had made “inaccurate statements.”

Jensen said the governor then shifted blame again.

“When Judge Guthman did that, then you saw Tim Walz and Keith Ellison try for someone else they could blame it on,” he told Fox News Digital.

“So they blamed it on the FBI and said, ‘Well, the FBI told us we had to keep paying because we’re not supposed to interfere with their investigation.’ And the FBI said, ‘We didn’t make you continue fraudulent payments to the Feeding Our Future agency.’”

Jensen said the “elephant in the room” is whether new information will emerge about the extent of the “cover up.”

He said the possibility of “something more nefarious” has raised further concerns.

“Is there literally sequestration of funds that at some point in time could be paid back to people when things have calmed down? Is there some pay-to-play scheme that we haven’t yet been informed about?” he said.

He added that such questions could lead to discussions about “a need for criminal prosecution to take place of some Minnesota elected officials.”

Federal investigations around the scandal have widened. The Small Business Administration announced it is investigating a network of Somali groups in Minnesota that it says are tied to the fraud case.

House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has said that “because of Governor Walz’s negligence, criminals — including Somali terrorists — stole nearly $1 billion from the program while children suffered.” He is leading a probe into Walz’s role in the Feeding Our Future case.

President Donald Trump recently announced new actions targeting fraud schemes in Minnesota.

He called the state a “hub of money laundering activity” and said this was a factor in his decision to end deportation protections for hundreds of Somali migrants.

Senior administration officials said new investigations include a Treasury Department probe into allegations that taxpayer money was diverted to al-Shabaab, according to Secretary Scott Bessent.

Jensen said the evolving investigation has raised comparisons.

“With where it’s gone from the beginning to now, recognizing that there’s been an interest in covering this up, for many people it has some of the haunting reminders of Watergate,” he said.

“And yet, in this way, this time, it could even be worse, because it’s possible that there’s something far more nefarious than simply covering something up. It could be a pay to play scheme that involves elected officials.”

Fox News Digital asked Jensen about Walz’s legacy after two terms in office.

“Tim Walz’ legacy right now would be fraud at an unprecedented level, and I think from his policies, I think people would say he seemed to worship the ground that AOC and Bernie Sanders walked on,” Jensen said.

“He went from someone who many people who knew him earlier in life thought of as a moderate person to a person who was literally living on the five-yard line of the hard left part of the Democratic field.”

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