WH: Somali-Led Fraud Under Gov. Walz Cost Taxpayers $1B

President Donald Trump was correct when he said that Minnesota has become “a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” where “refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great state,” according to a White House statement released on Monday.

The White House stated that this is nowhere more evident than “the fraud scandal that took place under the incompetence” of Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, in which 78 of the 86 individuals charged so far are of Somali ancestry.

The White House pointed out that dozens of individuals stole more than $1 billion from taxpayers that was intended for child food assistance in what amounted to the nation’s largest pandemic-relief fraud scheme.

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