In a no-holds-barred appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the Treasury Department is actively probing if the massive fraud operation involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota has potential ties to terrorism. Bessent also asserted that Somalis who move to the U.S. have to “learn not to defraud the American people.” The scheme, which siphoned off more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars, has already been linked to donations to prominent Democrats in the state, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Representative Ilhan Omar, and Attorney General Keith Ellison. Bessent, who also serves as acting IRS commissioner, emphasized that the fraud was uncovered by the IRS Criminal Investigation Unit, not by state officials. “To be clear, the initial fraud that…
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