FBI nabs 4th most wanted in merely 5 weeks

A fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been returned to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges for allegedly stealing more than $32 million in federal COVID 19 relief funds.

Elaine Escoe, 41, was charged by indictment in 2025 with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and multiple substantive counts of wire fraud and money laundering. After a federal arrest warrant was issued in May 2025, Escoe failed to appear for her court appearance and fled to Jamaica.

Jamaican authorities captured Escoe after receiving a tip. “This Most Wanted Fraudster allegedly obtained tens of millions in COVID-19 relief, stealing critical resources from legitimate businesses during a national crisis,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “She fled the country believing she could escape justice but ultimately could not. Those who exploit taxpayer-funded programs will be held accountable by this Department of Justice, no matter how long it takes or where they attempt to hide.”

She was returned to South Florida today through the coordinated efforts of the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service Regional Security Office at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF), and the JCF Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team.

“Elaine Angene Escoe’s arrest and return to the United States demonstrates that no one is beyond the reach of American justice,” Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division said. “This Most Wanted Fraudster faces charges stemming from a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief programs. The Fraud Division will continue to vigorously prosecute those who steal from the American people.”

According to court records, Escoe and her co conspirators submitted or caused the submission of fraudulent applications seeking more than $32 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds. The applications falsely represented the existence, payroll, revenue, and operations of purported businesses to qualify for and maximize federal relief funding. “The historic success of the ‘Most Wanted Fraudster’ list continues as the FBI and our partners just captured our fourth Most Wanted Fraudster in 5 weeks, and yet another high value target returned to the U.S. by this FBI,” FBI Director Kash Patel said.

“Elaine Angene Escoe, on the run since May of 2025, was captured in Jamaica while living under a fake identity of ‘Harley Newman,’ and returned to the United States today to face justice. She is charged for her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, connected with a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Escoe brings the number of high value targets returned by the FBI to over 30 just since June.To support the fraudulent applications, the conspirators created fake tax documents, fabricated bank records, and other false financial records that lenders and program administrators relied upon in approving loans and grants.

“Led by President Trump, Vice President Vance, and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, the FBI and our partners continue to see an unprecedented level of success taking down the worst of the worst alleged fraudsters,” Patel said. “In just weeks, we have captured four subjects on three different continents charged with a combined nearly $1.8 billion in fraud, collectively on the run for over 3,500 days, each hiding overseas, now returned and all in custody in 1.5 months. Under this administration, fraud is no longer tolerated, and those who steal from American taxpayers have nowhere to hide.”

Some applications were submitted on behalf of businesses controlled by the conspirators, while others were submitted for third parties in exchange for substantial kickbacks sometimes as much as 50 percent of the loan proceeds. The fraud proceeds were subsequently laundered among the conspirators.

“Elaine Escoe allegedly helped orchestrate a sprawling scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $32 million from programs created to keep American businesses and workers afloat during the pandemic,” U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida said. “After being charged, she failed to appear in court and fled to Jamaica. Defendants cannot escape accountability simply by leaving the country. Thanks to the determined work of our federal, state, and international partners, she is back in South Florida and will now face the charges against her. This coordinated effort demonstrates that we will pursue fugitives wherever they go and bring them back to face justice.”

Escoe is the last remaining defendant charged in the scheme. Following a December 2025 trial, Alfred Davis, Cher Davis, and Latoya Clark were convicted by a federal jury. James McGhow and Gino Jourdan previously pleaded guilty. Alfred Davis was sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment, Cher Davis to 87 months, Clark to 70 months, Jourdan to 46 months, and McGhow to 42 months.FBI Miami’s West Palm Beach Resident Agency is investigating the case, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office.

On June 4, the FBI announced the creation of the Most Wanted Fraudsters List. The list included Herb Kimble, a fugitive in a $1.2 billion telemedicine and durable medical equipment scheme, who, on June 8 just four days later was apprehended in the Philippines and was soon after charged as part of the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.

On June 8, Escoe was added to the Most Wanted Fraudsters List, and she was apprehended less than two months later.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division (“Fraud Division”). The Fraud Division is laser focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole of government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

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Bidy of NM nuclear lab worker discovered by hiker

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has raised concerns about what he describes as a "sinister" pattern involving the deaths and disappearances of 11 U.S. scientists connected to nuclear, aerospace, and defense research. Former FBI agent Nicole Parker has examined the unusual cases, pointing to troubling details such as missing cell phones and erased digital data. In a separate case, an Iranian national was arrested for allegedly trafficking drones and weapons on behalf of Iran, drawing attention to serious national security issues affecting both the White House and NASA.

One of the 11 individuals who had mysteriously disappeared and who may have had connections to U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology has now been found. A hiker discovered the body in a national forest in New Mexico.

Authorities identified the remains as those of Melissa Casias, 54, an employee of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Her disappearance became part of broader speculation surrounding scientists and laboratory-affiliated personnel who had either vanished or died under unclear circumstances. These incidents attracted the attention of President Donald Trump and prompted an investigation by the House Oversight Committee.

According to a Facebook post issued late Saturday night by the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau (NMSPBI), a hiker found Casias' remains on Thursday in the McGaffey Ridge area of Carson National Forest. A handgun was found beside her body.

"The cause and manner of death have not yet been determined," police stated. Authorities added that the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) identified the remains as those of Casias and is conducting a "further anthropological examination."

Casias, who lived in Taos, New Mexico, worked at LANL alongside Anthony Chavez. Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the nation's leading nuclear research facilities. Both Casias and Chavez were among the individuals whose disappearances were considered suspicious in FBI and House Oversight Committee investigations.

"The New Mexico State Police extend their deepest condolences to the Casias and Mondragon families during this difficult time," the agency said in its statement.

Police reported that Casias was declared missing on June 25, 2025, after she failed to arrive at work and did not return home following a visit to her daughter at work. Family members later discovered that she had left behind her purse, identification, and cell phones, raising concerns for her safety and leading to a missing persons investigation.

State police emphasized that the investigation remains active and ongoing.

In an April 20 letter addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel, the House Oversight Committee stated that it was examining "recent unconfirmed public reporting" suggesting that individuals connected to "U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology" had either disappeared or died in recent years.

"Public reports raise questions about a possible sinister connection between a string of mysterious deaths and disappearances which began in 2023," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Eric Burlison, (R-MO) wrote in a request for information from federal agencies.

According to the committee's statement, the reported cases included two individuals connected to Los Alamos National Laboratory, two affiliated with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an MIT scientist involved in nuclear fusion research who was shot by the Brown University mass shooter, a pharmaceutical researcher, and a government contractor employed at a facility that produces components for nuclear weapons.

Authorities have not established any connection between Casias' death and the other cases. Officials have suggested that the incidents are likely unrelated, and the House committee noted that the reports under review remain unconfirmed.

Steven Garcia, 48, an employee of the Kansas City National Security Campus, was reported missing on August 28, 2025, after leaving his Albuquerque home on foot carrying only a handgun.

Casias' disappearance had previously led New Mexico authorities to issue a Missing Endangered Advisory after she was last seen in the Taos area. She was 53 years old at the time she disappeared.

The discovery of her remains in Carson National Forest brings the search for Casias to an end. However, investigators are still working to determine how she died and to identify the owner of the handgun found beside her body.

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Omar ran barefoot but got caught and is facing the alleged fraud consequences

Barefoot Muhammad Omar in Minnesota fraud scheme
 captured hours after fleeing FBI in caught-on-camera escape

One of the fraud suspects in Minnesota, thought he could fly. He leaped without a cape from a fourth-floor balcony to escape arrest on Thursday morning and just a few hours later, was captured and in custody. Is this something an innocent person would do? 

“After today’s interagency press conference announcing 15 public healthcare fraud indictments in Minnesota, the below subject who was on the run, Muhammad Omar, has now been arrested,” Patel wrote on X, including a photo of the suspect hobbling while holding one shoe.

“He is charged with healthcare fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1349, 18 U.S.C. § 1347) involving a Housing Stabilization Services company – with fraudulent claims for services not provided and diverting the proceeds for personal benefit,” the FBI director added.

The miscreant? A dude named Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar [no relation that we know of to Ilhan Omar]. He's been charged with Medicaid fraud

So who is this Muhammad Omar? He's a Minnesota man accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud scheme  and is becoming a very high profile defendant in the sweeping DOJ fraud crackdown.

Authorities arrested the 32-year-old Omar after he allegedly attempted to evade federal agents by exiting a building the same way Minnesota's public assistance funds have reportedly been leaving state accounts for years: rapidly and without explanation.

The arrest came as federal prosecutors unveiled indictments against 15 individuals accused of helping themselves to roughly $90 million through a variety of healthcare-related schemes. According to investigators, the suspects allegedly discovered a little-known government reimbursement program called "Just Send Us Money And Don't Ask Questions."

Government officials reportedly expressed relief that Omar had been found before accidentally receiving another state contract, possibly from his namesake.

Federal prosecutors allege Omar co-owned North Home Health Care LLC and operated South Home Health Care LLC, businesses accused of billing Medicaid for services that either never happened or occurred primarily in the imaginations of accountants. 

Court documents claim the companies submitted millions in questionable claims while providing taxpayers with the increasingly popular service known as "funding someone else's luxury purchases."

Investigators estimate North Home Health Care billed approximately $3.3 million and received about $3.2 million in reimbursements, a reimbursement rate experts described as "the sort of efficiency private businesses only dream about."

Authorities say Omar fled during a coordinated arrest operation but was later apprehended at a property connected to his business activities. Sources say agents located him by searching every place in Minnesota where government money had recently vanished.

The case is the latest chapter in Minnesota's ongoing fraud saga, a state tradition that now rivals ice fishing and apologizing for bumping into furniture. The most famous example remains the Feeding Our Future scandal, in which prosecutors alleged organizers somehow convinced the government that enormous numbers of meals were being served to children who appeared to exist only on spreadsheets.

That operation's alleged architect, Aimee Bock, was sentenced to more than 41 years in prison after prosecutors said she orchestrated a $250 million fraud scheme. State officials reportedly marked the occasion by lowering Minnesota's giant ceremonial "Days Since Massive Fraud Scandal" sign back to zero.

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Iraqi accused of coordinating 20 terror attacks in Europe, faces trial in New York

Mohammad al-Saadi allegedly coordinated jihadi attacks against Jewish targets for pro-Iranian group Ashab al-Yamin since March.

An Iraqi terrorist dirtbag accused of orchestrating nearly 20 attacks across Europe and plotting more on Jewish institutions here in the United States has finally been hauled into New York to face federal terrorism charges. This came after what the FBI called a major international operation to drag his sorry carcass in.

Since early March, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi and his merry band of jihadist associates allegedly planned and coordinated 18 attacks in the name of Ashab al-Yamin. That is a pro-Iranian Islamist outfit that loves taking credit for hitting Jewish schools, synagogues, and charities across Europe, along with American, Israeli, and Iranian opposition targets.

"The FBI’s successful FTOC (foreign transfer of custody) of Mohammad Al-Saadi, another high-value target responsible for mass global terrorism, is just the latest success in this administration’s historic work to bring terrorists to justice," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. "This was a righteous mission executed brilliantly by our agents, investigators, CIRG tactical units, and interagency partners who delivered yet again."

"We are greatly appreciative of the work of our allies around the world — especially Ambassador Tom Barrack, who led this joint sequenced operation and has been instrumental in bringing this successful mission home to the United States," he added.

On March 9, Al-Saadi allegedly posted a message on his Telegram account with the logo of Ashab al-Yamin, calling on warriors of Islam to engage in jihad, the FBI said.

Al-Saadi has posted Ashab al-Yamin-branded propaganda videos claiming responsibility for the attacks, including video recordings from attacks against Jewish places or persons in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, according to federal prosecutors.

The feds moved once they learned this clown was planning to bring Ashab al-Yamin’s brand of fun to the United States. He allegedly directed others to coordinate terrorist attacks here against synagogues and other Jewish institutions across the country.

Al-Saadi has also allegedly publicly threatened President Donald Trump and his family, authorities said.

He was expected to appear in a New York federal courtroom on Friday on six terrorism charges, including conspiring to provide material support to terrorist groups.

FBI Director Kash Patel called the arrest a "righteous mission" and said the operation marked another major victory in the administration’s effort to bring global terrorists to justice.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was arrested and will face terrorism charges in the United States. Al-Saadi allegedly planned attacks across Europe aimed at U.S. and Israeli interests.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was taken to New York where he will face terrorism charges.

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Patel posts Van Hollen's bar receipt for imbibing with "gang-banging rapist"

FBI Director Kash Patel cranked up the heat on Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen (D) on Tuesday by blasting out the leftist's eye-watering bar tab from a swanky D.C. spot on social media. 

Patel and Van Hollen went at it during a hearing earlier that day over some Atlantic hit piece claiming the FBI boss has a drinking problem. After the fireworks, Patel dropped a campaign filing from December 12, 2025, showing Van Hollen's operation blew $7,128 at the Lobby Bar in D.C.

“The only person that ran up a $7,000 bar tab in Washington, D.C., at the Lobby Bar was you. The only individual in this room that has been drinking on the taxpayer dime during the day is you,” Patel said during the hearing.

A spokesman for Van Hollen told NBC that “this was a catering charge at a local restaurant where the Senator hosted an after-hours holiday reception as a thank you to the 50+ members of our team, paid for by campaign funds, not taxpayer dollars.”

During Tuesday’s hearing, Van Hollen unloaded on Patel over the drinking-on-the-job smears.“Director Patel, these reports about your conduct, including reports of your being so drunk and hungover that your staff had to force entry into your home, are extremely alarming,” Van Hollen said.

“So, there have been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you?” Van Hollen asked Patel.

“Nope, it’s a total farce. I don’t even know where you get this stuff, but it doesn’t make it credible, because you say so,” Patel fired back.

Patel has already slapped The Atlantic with a defamation lawsuit over the anonymous-source hit job. When Van Hollen kept swinging, Patel clapped back with a photo from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele showing the Democrat senator cozying up to accused MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a table that sure looked like it featured margaritas.

Bukele captioned the photo by saying that Abrego Garcia was “sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador.”

“Unlike your baseless reports, the only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging rapist was you,” Patel said.

Both Patel and Van Hollen dared each other to take sobriety tests right there in the hearing. Classic.

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Leftist mob attempted to crash Kash Patel's funeral trip

A mob of leftist protesters decided to harass FBI Director Kash Patel while he was reportedly in Portland, Oregon, attending a friend’s funeral this weekend because apparently nothing screams “saving democracy” like stalking federal officials outside a hotel.

According to Fox News, agitators swarmed the downtown area Saturday night after convincing themselves Patel was staying at the Sentinel Hotel. Social media footage showed protesters gathering outside the building, shouting rude slogans and waving professional signs in yet another example of the unhinged activism that has become routine during President Donald Trump’s second term.

The demonstrators claimed they were protesting the alleged “weaponization” of the FBI under Trump and Patel’s handling of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to FOX 12 Oregon. Evidently, the Left now thinks the proper response to political disagreement is tracking government aircraft and mobbing hotels.

It is still unclear where Patel actually stayed.

Police maintained a presence at the scene while unemployed and possibly paid protesters crowded outside the hotel entrance. Thankfully, unlike other recent left-wing demonstrations, the situation did not appear to devolve into leftist violence.

Fox News reported that activists used public flight-tracking data to monitor the Justice Department aircraft Patel reportedly uses. From there, they watched security activity downtown to determine which hotel he was “likely” staying at. Totally normal behavior that isn't well-appreciated by patrons of the hotel.

One protester admitted to Fox 12, “It wasn’t 100% confirmed but very likely he was at the Sentinel.” The same individual claimed the group gathered there “to protest the weaponization of Trump’s and Patel’s FBI to suppress our freedom of speech and freedom of press.”

Sure, surrounding a hotel and intimidating people attending a funeral definitely advances free speech.

Another protester who never personally met the FBI Director, or actually knew anything about him, simply called him “a creep,” because that is what he was told to think.

Others held professionally produced signs reading, “Kash Patel protects pedophiles” and “We don’t want you in our city, oink oink piggy piggy.”

Classy stuff from the self-proclaimed defenders of civility.

And this is becoming a trend. In January, leftist demonstrators in Minneapolis targeted both the Depot Renaissance Hotel and the Hilton Canopy Hotel because they believed ICE agents were staying there, according to Reuters. That protest escalated further, with rioters damaging property while attempting to force their way inside before police shut things down.

Remember when Democrats and the media spent years lecturing everyone about “political violence,” “threats to democracy,” and “dangerous rhetoric”? Funny how those concerns disappear when the mob is aimed at Trump officials.

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Over 25 thugs in nationwide guns, drugs crackdown hooked and booked

Federal authorities charged more than 25 alleged members and associates of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, seizing more than 80 firearms, roughly 18 kilograms of drugs and more than $100,000 in cash in a major nationwide crackdown.

Center for a Secure Free Society Director Joseph Humire discusses the Trump administration's efforts to remove the gang members from the United States on "America Reports."

President Trump has helped unleash the full power of federal authorities by designating TdA a foreign terrorist organization last year. Now, more than 260 members and associates of TdA have been charged.

"This FBI and our interagency partners continue to break violent gang networks all over America, and today’s massive takedown of 25 Tren de Aragua members is just the latest example," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital in a statement.

"Under President Trump’s leadership the historic Homeland Security Task Force model is making America safer than it’s been in generations – and we won’t stop until we root these criminal networks completely out of our communities."

Prisoners with MS-13 gang tattoos are held at the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025.

The operation targeted alleged TdA activity tied to firearms trafficking, narcotics distribution and other violent criminal conduct, according to federal authorities. Investigators recovered fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, ketamine, MDMA and tusi, a pink powder often containing ketamine and/or MDMA.

Charges have been filed across six U.S. Attorney's offices, including the Districts of Colorado, Southern Florida, Northern Indiana, Middle Tennessee, Western Tennessee and Eastern Washington.

The bust underscores the Trump administration’s push to dismantle foreign gang networks operating inside the United States, including TdA, which has drawn growing scrutiny from law enforcement over its alleged role in violent crime, drug trafficking and migrant-related criminal networks.

"The success of this operation is a testament to the dedication and expertise of our HSI special agents and the unwavering commitment of our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners," John Condon, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) acting executive associate director, wrote in a statement.

"The Homeland Security Task Force’s mission is to safeguard the United States from transnational threats by leveraging intelligence-driven investigations and robust interagency collaboration.

"This TdA takedown demonstrates the power of unified action in disrupting dangerous criminal networks and protecting our communities."


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Kash Patel flips Walz's script in response to viral tweet on MN fraud raids

Federal agents raided 22 businesses in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday as part of a major federal fraud investigation. Brooke Taylor reported live that the operation ties directly to a viral YouTube video from Nick Shirley that blew the lid off alleged childcare funding fraud back in December. The Trump administration had already frozen the funding and demanded a full audit of suspect daycare centers.

Democrat Minnesota Governor [Tampon] Tim Walz immediately tried to take credit for the raids and got slapped down hard by FBI Director Kash Patel.

The episode highlights the deep political tensions surrounding this massive fraud probe. Critics note the scandal festered on Walz’s watch until federal authorities stepped in to clean house.

"Come again?" Patel posted on X in response to Walz, who claimed that Tuesday’s raids happened because Minnesota state agencies "caught irregular behavior and reported it."

"This FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship."

Walz’s tweet racked up more than a million views in just hours. Conservatives roasted him, pointing out that the enormous fraud exploded under his leadership and that relentless public pressure finally forced him to abandon his re-election bid."Arsonist masquerading as a firefighter," Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X.

"The main problem Tim Walz has now is that no one – Republican or Democrat – takes him seriously," Republican operative and Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh posted on X. "He’s proven that he’s that much of a boob."

"The same guy who spent a whole hearing dodging questions about $9 BILLION in fraud in Minnesota and talking about ICE instead is now praising fraud control," the Republican-led House Oversight Committee posted on X. "Tomorrow, we will pass legislation in the Committee to make sure it never happens again. Sit this one out, Tim."

"@GovTimWalz is a stolen valor POS," Rep. Derrick Van Orden, (R-WI), posted on X, referencing past criticisms of Walz’s military record that surfaced during the 2024 presidential campaign. "This is par for the course."

Walz singing "I Feel Pretty"

"Well, the American people know we can actually thank @nickshirleyy and @VP," Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) posted on X. Social media users also flagged an X post from the city of Minneapolis assuring residents it had nothing to do with the raids.

Federal authorities hit more than 20 locations, including childcare facilities, in Minneapolis on Tuesday in a sweeping fraud investigation targeting largely Somali-owned businesses, sources confirmed to Fox News.

"Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation," a Department of Justice spokesperson said.

Authorities executed 22 federal search warrants in Minnesota Tuesday morning. Sources stressed the operation is not immigration-related.

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FBI Director turns table on Walz after viral tweet on MN fraud case

Minnesota Gov. Tim 'Rockette' Walz wasted no time sashaying in front of the cameras Tuesday to take credit for the federal fraud raids in Minneapolis. That move earned him an instant and brutal smackdown from FBI Director Kash Patel.
The whole mess highlights the growing political fireworks around this sweeping probe into fraud that critics say ran wild on Walz's watch while federal authorities are now cleaning house.
"Come again?" Patel posted on X in response to Walz, who claimed that Tuesday’s raids happened because Minnesota state agencies "caught irregular behavior and reported it."
"This FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship."
Walz’s tweet, viewed over a million times in just a few hours, was widely panned by conservatives who pointed out that the massive fraud scandal unfolded under his watch and that the public pressure was ultimately what forced him to drop his re-election bid for governor.
"Arsonist masquerading as a firefighter," Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X."The main problem Tim Walz has now is that no one, Republican or Democrat, takes him seriously," Republican operative and Trump 2020 communications director Tim Murtaugh posted on X. "He’s proven that he’s that much of a boob."
"The same guy who spent a whole hearing dodging questions about $9 BILLION in fraud in Minnesota and talking about ICE instead is now praising fraud control," the Republican-led House Oversight Committee posted on X. "Tomorrow, we will pass legislation in the Committee to make sure it never happens again. Sit this one out, Tim."
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@GovTimWalz

is a stolen valor POS," Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., posted on X, referencing past criticisms of Walz’s military record that surfaced during the 2024 presidential campaign. "This is par for the course."

"Well, the American people know we can actually thank

@nickshirleyy

and

@VP

," Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) posted on X.
Others on social media pointed to an X post from the city of Minneapolis assuring citizens that it is not involved in the raids.
Federal authorities raided more than 20 locations, including childcare facilities, in Minneapolis on Tuesday as part of a sweeping fraud investigation into largely Somali-owned businesses, sources confirmed to Fox News.
"Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation," a Department of Justice spokesperson said.
Authorities executed 22 federal search warrants in Minnesota on Tuesday morning as part of the operation, which is not immigration-related, sources said.

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