"A little background here: claims of fraud happening in Minnesota daycare facilities run by Somali immigrants date back to at least 2018, when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had just been elected. At that time a Fox affiliate (who else?) "reported" (in other words, fabricated) allegations that up to $100 million in childcare funds were being funneled to a Somali terror group overseas. In March of 2018, two months after Walz became governor"
"Flash forward a few years to the pandemic. Millions in taxpayer funds from the USDA were paid primarily to the Twin Cities nonprofit Feeding Our Future through a Minnesota state agency overseeing emergency food programs on the state level. The money was paid out in 2020, and by April of 2021, staff at that Minnesota state agency realized something was very wrong. They informed the FBI that Feeding Our Future was diverting taxpayer funds away from child nutrition programs."
Fraud is wrong and should be uncovered and prosecuted. Debunked claims alleging massive daycare fraud tied to Minnesota's Somali community circulated as early as 2018. A Fox affiliate claimed up to $100 million was funneled to a Somali terror group, but the nonpartisan Legislative Auditor found no evidence of $100 million annual fraud or taxpayer funds sent to terrorists. During the pandemic, USDA funds were paid largely to Feeding Our Future, which state staff reported to the FBI in April 2021 for diverting child nutrition funds. FBI raids, dissolution of the nonprofit, and prosecutions followed in 2022, while old allegations were revived online and amplified by MAGA-aligned actors.
Read at Above the Law
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