Donald Trump penned an angry message to Minnesota lawmakers, accusing them of allowing fraud in the state and threatening Representative Ilhan Omar with jail time.
Minnesota has come under intense scrutiny from the Trump administration, with the federal government claiming that local officials turned a blind eye to the misuse of federal funds.
Aimee Bock, 44, was found guilty on several fraud, bribery, and conspiracy charges for misusing funds intended for the nonprofit Feeding Our Future.
The case spotlighted welfare programs in the state, with prosecutors now alleging that half of the $18 billion in federal funds used to support Minnesota since 2018 may have been stolen.
Now, the president is claiming that fraud in the state is ‘far greater’ than $19 billion, writing in a post on Truth Social: ‘The Biden Administration knew this FRAUD was happening, and did absolutely nothing about it.
‘“Scammer” Illhan Omar and her absolutely terrible friends from Somalia should all be in jail right now or, far worse, send them back to Somalia,’ the continued.
‘“Governor” Waltz is either the most CORRUPT government official in history, or the most INCOMPETENT. Even a very low IQ person, of which there are many, should have known what was going on in Minnesota!!!’
Minnesota lawmakers have been at odds with the Trump administration, as the president continues to hurl accusations of fraud, attacks against the state’s Somali community, and heightened raids from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
President Donald Trump, pictured above in the Oval Office on Friday, penned a scathing message to Minnesota lawmakers on Truth Social
Trump threatened Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, pictured above on Tuesday, with jail time or a fate ‘far worse’ in a social media rant on Saturday morning
Trump’s rant also issued a bizarre attack against Governor Tim Walz, pictured above with his wife Gwen last August. Trump called Walz the ‘most corrupt government official in history’ on Saturday morning
The saga began when Assistant US Attorney Joe Thompson announced in December that Minnesota-based companies and nonprofits were using federal funds for personal gain.
‘The magnitude cannot be overstated,’ Thompson said during a news conference in Minneapolis.
‘What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes. It’s staggering, industrial-scale fraud.’
Governor Tim Walz has long been a subject of Trump’s wrath, with the president using the allegations to claim that Minnesota is a ‘hub of fraudulent money laundering activity.’
Walz has condemned the fraud cases in his state and initiated a third-party audit of 14 high-risk Medicaid programs.
