April 30, 2026

A bombshell hearing in Minnesota is ripping open a fraud scandal at the state’s child care program, with former DHS investigator Jay Swanson alleging bosses tried to muzzle his findings and even ordered him to delete evidence tied to fraud probes. Swanson testified it was “common knowledge” among Somali refugees in Kenya that Minnesota was the easiest and most lucrative place to run the scam — a stunning claim that lands as Gov. Tim Walz faces heat over the FBI’s daycare raids and his sudden new tough-on-fraud posture. Republican lawmakers say Walz shut down the very fraud-fighting unit that once dug into waste, abuse and deception, turning what was supposed to be oversight into a political firestorm.

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