The fraud tumbling out of the state of Minnesota seems neverending at this point over fake childcare centers. But the investigations into what's happening there are showing it does not end there, according to a new move by the Trump administration on Friday.
As we wrote in December 2025, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a cabinet meeting that her department had reached out to partner with states all the way back in Feb. to rid their food benefits programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) of fraud, waste, and abuse. The request to 21 states like California and Minnesota was not accepted; in fact, some have even filed lawsuits to keep from turning over the data.
That's when we saw the USDA warn blue states that the money from the federal government would stop, if SNAP data was not turned over.
Sec. Rollins also pointed out the indictments over fraudulent SNAP schemes in Portland, among other blue cities and states, by the Trump Justice Department (DOJ) as RedState wrote.
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One of those states was Minnesota, including Minneapolis. Now, in the wake of the massive fraud the administration has already uncovered in MN with food benefits, Sec. Rollins has announced in a letter on Friday that they were done with the game-playing and mismanagement by MN Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and the USDA is suspending all federal award funds immediately, to the tune of $129 million.
While sharing it in an X post, Brooke Rollins said, "Enough is enough!"
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.
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) January 9, 2026
Today, @USDA is SUSPENDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AWARDS to Minnesota and Minneapolis, effective… pic.twitter.com/xEus3GAcGX
Rollins added in the post:
"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.
"The USDA will suspend federal financial awards to the state "until sufficient proof has been provided that the fraud has stopped."
"No more handouts to thieves!" Sec. Rollins continued. "Time to drain the Minnesota swamp and put American taxpayers first."
We should know more about this in the coming days, so stay tuned for more details on how this situation plays out.
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