The Department of Agriculture is nixing any federal awards to Minnesota as the state endures a reckoning with fraud and the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Secretary Brooke Rollins said aid, around $130 million, will be withheld “until sufficient proof has been provided that the fraud has stopped.”
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“Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis—billions siphoned off by fraudsters. And those in charge have ZERO plan to fix it,” Rollins wrote on X.
“No more handouts to thieves! Time to drain the Minnesota swamp and put American taxpayers first,” she added.
Rollins sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey explaining the aid stoppage.
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