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Committee member says fraud hearing singles out Somali community, calls probe partisan
Summary
A committee member accused his colleagues of focusing fraud scrutiny on Minnesota’s Somali community for partisan reasons, argued wider fraud exists elsewhere, and labeled the hearing an attempt to placate former President Trump.
A committee member opened the hearing by thanking the convener and calling waste, fraud and abuse "horrible," saying they "steal from taxpayers" and take "money and food out of the mouths of hungry kids." He framed the session as disproportionately targeting Minnesota’s Somalian community and said that focus appeared partisan rather than an even-handed fraud probe.
The member outlined his background in fraud enforcement, saying he began his career at the SEC and…
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