INTRO: The Feds updating their investigation into Minnesota fraud. At a press conference alongside F-B-I Director Kash Patel and C-M-S Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz in St. Cloud, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (BESS-int) says his department is deploying every tool at its disposal to end “unchecked fraud and hold perpetrators accountable.”
ACK: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
TAG: …adding, since January of last year, the Trump administration uncovered more than 260 billion dollars in fraud, prevented 72 billion in taxpayer funds from going to illicit actors annually, and brought enforcement actions against nearly 60 billion dollars. The press conference held just days before the November midterms, and as the Trump administration is probing Minnesota Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar over her immigration and citizenship history, among other claims which she denies.
KEYWORD: Crime, Legal
