Walz Claims Credit, Patel Fires Back Federal agents executed 22 search warrants across the Twin Cities metro area this morning in a sweeping operation targeting alleged fraud in Minnesota’s publicly funded social programs, primarily Medicaid-funded child care centers, daycares, and autism service providers. Agencies involved included the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), IRS Criminal Investigation, and Minnesota partners such as the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

In a stunning development that has left observers shaking their heads in disbelief, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on April 21, 2026. The charges include six counts of wire fraud, four counts of making false statements to a federally insured bank, and one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, a crime under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i).

In late December 2025, a series of videos by 23-year-old citizen journalist Nick Shirley thrust Minnesota's long-simmering child care fraud issues into the national spotlight. Shirley's investigative footage, starting with his December 26 YouTube upload titled "I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal," alleged widespread abuse of taxpayer funds in the state's Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

One year into President Trump’s second term, the American people are witnessing the most sweeping and successful accountability operation in the history of the federal government. The two-tiered justice system is being dismantled agency by agency, courtroom by courtroom, and field office by field office through the simple, ruthless expedient of removing the ideologically captured personnel who built and sustained it.