From Fox News: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday launched a federal probe into claims that Minnesota tax dollars were siphoned to the terrorist group Al-Shabaab under the Biden administration and Governor Tim Walz – an allegation he said demands urgent scrutiny.
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Walz’s office told Fox News Digital that Walz said last week that should a connection be found between Minnesota tax dollars and Al-Shabaab, he welcomed an investigation.
Last month, an investigation conducted by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo of the Manhattan Institute uncovered a web of fraud involving Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program, Feeding Our Future and other organizations in a bombshell report.
Thorpe and Rufo noted that, in many cases, members of Minnesota’s Somali community were perpetrators of fraud. They added that federal counterterrorism sources confirmed that millions of dollars in stolen funds were sent back to Somalia, which is how Al-Shabaab got the cash.
In a post on X Monday afternoon, Sec. Bessent announced, “At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.”
“Thanks to the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, we are acting fast to ensure Americans’ taxes are not funding acts of global terror. We will share our findings as our investigation continues,” he added.
At my direction, @USTreasury is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.
Thanks to the leadership of… https://t.co/uillMknuXL
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) December 1, 2025
According to Thorpe and Rufo’s investigation, as much as $1.7 billion of the money raked in through the fraud schemes was sent back to Somalia in 2023 alone, which was more than the entire government budget for Somalia that year. The money reportedly went to approximately 40% of all households in Somalia.
Thorpe and Rufo said multiple law enforcement sources informed them that the Somali community in Minnesota sent millions of dollars to Somalia through a network of traders, and the money was funneled to Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror group.
EXCLUSIVE: @RK_Thorpe and I have new reporting on America’s Somali fraud rings, which have stolen billions in taxpayer funds—and sent some to Islamist terrorists back home.
“The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer.”https://t.co/RDgnKXAnyP
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) November 19, 2025
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— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 2, 2025
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