{"id":59100,"date":"2025-12-02T05:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/treasury-investigating-whether-minnesota-welfare-money-went-to-somali-terror-group-al-shabaab-bessent-says\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:33:27","slug":"treasury-investigating-whether-minnesota-welfare-money-went-to-somali-terror-group-al-shabaab-bessent-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/treasury-investigating-whether-minnesota-welfare-money-went-to-somali-terror-group-al-shabaab-bessent-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury investigating whether Minnesota welfare money went to Somali terror group al Shabaab, Bessent says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Trump administration is looking into whether Minnesota tax money found its way to al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization and al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecScottBessent\/status\/1995615377284628908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on X<\/a> that the Treasury is &#8220;investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans&#8217; tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury secretary shared a Nov. 19 report in the conservative publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">City Journal<\/a> that alleged millions of dollars from Minnesota state welfare programs had &#8220;ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab,&#8221; citing law enforcement sources. Several Minnesota Republicans, including Rep. Tom Emmer, <a href=\"https:\/\/emmer.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/emmer-demands-answers-on-minnesota-fraud-schemes-funding-al-shabaab-terrorists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pushed federal prosecutors<\/a> to look into the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Walz&#8217;s office pointed CBS News to remarks last week in which the governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kttc.com\/2025\/11\/25\/walz-welcomes-federal-fraud-investigation-following-push-by-gop-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> he welcomes an investigation into where defrauded welfare money went and would work with investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has been racked by allegations of large-scale fraud in the state&#8217;s public assistance programs. Dozens of people <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/man-78th-charged-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have been charged<\/a><\/span> in a $250 million scheme involving the nonprofit group Feeding Our Future and its partners, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mn\/pr\/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">federal prosecutors say<\/a> stole federal nutrition aid by falsely claiming to help distribute meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials have also brought fraud charges involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mn\/pr\/defendants-charged-first-wave-housing-stabilization-fraud-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">housing aid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mn\/pr\/first-defendant-charged-autism-fraud-scheme-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">autism<\/a> programs in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the defendants in these alleged fraud schemes are members of Minnesota&#8217;s large Somali community, a Somali American former investigator in the Minnesota attorney general&#8217;s office wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotareformer.com\/2024\/07\/17\/a-somali-american-investigator-heres-why-youre-hearing-so-much-about-fraud-in-my-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> last year. The former investigator, Kayseh Magan, added that community members are also frequently victims of the schemes.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has repeatedly lashed out against Somali immigrants in Minnesota, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115590786862216464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">claiming in a post last month<\/a> that the state has become a &#8220;hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,&#8221; and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/trump-announces-ending-deportation-protections-somalis-minnesota\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announcing an end<\/a><\/span> to temporary deportation protections for Somali people in the midwestern state. Last week, the president alleged, without evidence, that &#8220;hundreds of thousands of Somalians are ripping off our country and ripping apart that once great state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walz and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/11\/30\/walz-klobuchar-trump-attack-minnesota-00671132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota Democrats have<\/a> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/somalia-temporary-protected-status-community-reaction\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">defended the state&#8217;s Somali community<\/a><\/span>. The governor told reporters last month, in response to the claims about al Shabaab: &#8220;Do not paint an entire group of people with that same brush, demonizing them, putting them at risk, when there is no proof of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Claims that state money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/millions-of-dollars-in-suitcases-fly-out-of-msp-but-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">could be flowing<\/a> to al Shabaab and other terror groups have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/trump-orders-green-cards-somalia-countries-concern-reexamined\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">circulated for years<\/a><\/span> in Minnesota. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us\/sreview\/ccap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2019 report<\/a> by the state&#8217;s Office of the Legislative Auditor said it was &#8220;unable to substantiate&#8221; allegations that Child Care Assistance Program funding is going to terrorist groups, though the organization didn&#8217;t rule it out, saying it&#8217;s &#8220;possible&#8221; that state funds may have been sent overseas and eventually found its way to terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Lugar, a Biden- and Obama-era U.S. attorney for Minnesota, told The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/mn-somali-fraud-money-terrorism-evidence\/601532958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a> last month that those charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme &#8220;were looking to get rich, not fund overseas terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" 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