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The Trump administration announced Thursday that it is suspending all U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding to Minnesota, effective immediately, while a large-scale fraud investigation is underway.
“Enough is enough! The Trump administration has uncovered MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota and Minneapolis – billions siphoned off by fraudsters. And officials have no plan to fix it,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins wrote in a social media post.
The USDA will suspend federal grants to the state “until sufficient evidence has been provided demonstrating that the fraud has ceased,” according to Rollins.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday that the Trump administration is withholding federal funds to Minnesota amid fraud investigations. (Tom Williams/Getty)
“No more giving alms to thieves!” » she wrote in the post. “It’s time to drain the Minnesota swamp and put American taxpayers first.”
Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) froze funding for several child care grant programs in the state, including the Child Care and Development Fund, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Social Services Block Grant programs.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that Minnesota taxpayer dollars may have been transferred to the terrorist group Al-Shabab.
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