Overview
- On CNN’s Table for Five, Abby Phillip said the “actual victims” of the Minnesota scandal are probably Somali families, prompting immediate pushback.
- MAGA ETF founder Hal Lambert and New York Post reporter Lydia Moynihan argued that taxpayers are the real victims.
- Panelists exchanged disputed claims about Somali welfare reliance and tax contributions before the discussion devolved into cross-talk.
- Media accounts have described the alleged fraud as a $9 billion operation, with the New York Post reporting that most perpetrators were from Minnesota’s Somali community.
- The Mirror reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to scrutinize money transfers involving Somalia and opened investigations into several money service businesses.