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Minnesota's Legislative Auditor Just Dropped a Bombshell
X.com (twitter) ^ | 1/6/26 | Dustin Grange

Posted on 01/06/2026 8:21:02 PM PST by jeannineinsd

Tim Walz’s DHS fabricated records, had zero internal controls, and employees ignored oversight on more than $400 MILLION in grants.

The fraud and corruption continues.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: audit; auditor; coverup; droppedabombshell; fraud; minnesota; scam; timwaltz; timwalz; walz
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If you click through the tweet, the author has slides posted from the auditor's report.

DHA is Department of Health Services.

BHA is Behavior Health Administration. The BHA administers grants to provide prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals with mental health conditions or substance use disorders.

Highlights of the report include:

BHA frequently did not comply with competitive grant process.

BHA frequently did not comply with single source grant requirements.

Overpayments were made.

There was Missing Documentation.

Cases that could not establish that grant related work was actually performed.

It was noted that auditors identified that a number of documents that were either backdated or created after the audit began.

Link to full audit report

https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/fad/pdf/fad2601.pdf

1 posted on 01/06/2026 8:21:02 PM PST by jeannineinsd
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To: jeannineinsd

It seems likely to me that Gov Waltz knew this report was being released today - which is the reason he dropped his re-election campaign yesterday.

I think he should have resigned as governor, but that is just me.


2 posted on 01/06/2026 8:23:28 PM PST by jeannineinsd
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To: jeannineinsd

💣

Does everyone realize we were just a hairsbreadth away from finishing a week without a “bombshell” thread on FR?

Whew.

Not meant to be rude. Thanks for this post which does include exciting scandal clues for us to savor. I’m loving the stories.


3 posted on 01/06/2026 8:29:53 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: jeannineinsd

Tampon Timmy’s goose would be cooked if we had a DOJ that wanted to uphold laws against democrat governors. I don’t think we do though.


4 posted on 01/06/2026 8:35:28 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: frank ballenger
Does everyone realize we were just a hairsbreadth away from finishing a week without a “bombshell” thread on FR?

What are you talking about it's only Tuesday?

5 posted on 01/06/2026 8:36:44 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Walz took in A LOT of the money for himself GUARANTEED! He also ordered the hit on Melissa Hortman..yeah Ive ALWAYS believed that..the look on her face when she made the deciding vote on giving free health care to illegals, she knew she was a dead woman walking


6 posted on 01/06/2026 8:48:41 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: frank ballenger

The word “bombshell” is not mine, but from the original author. I do understand what you mean, the word is overused.

I thought the article was worth posting, though, even with the clickbait title. The audit confirms what we suspected about the Minnesota state government. (Most likely all state governments). They were just shoveling money out the door, without thought to policy or procedure.


7 posted on 01/06/2026 8:55:43 PM PST by jeannineinsd
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To: Sarah Barracuda
> ...the look on her face when she made the deciding vote on giving free health care to illegals, she knew she was a dead woman walking...

Brave woman.

8 posted on 01/06/2026 9:18:28 PM PST by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: Bullish

😆 I did not realize that. So funny!


9 posted on 01/06/2026 9:37:09 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: frank ballenger

“Does everyone realize we were just a hairsbreadth away from finishing a week without a “bombshell” thread on FR?”

Maybe you should make a post “Bombshell - Week almost goes by without somebody posting a Bombshell”


10 posted on 01/06/2026 9:39:44 PM PST by BereanBrain
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An audit report from the nonpartisan “Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA)” found
that Tim Walz’s tax subsidized state Dept of Human Services (DHS) Behavioral Health Division
<><>fabricated official records of govt grants,
<><>failed to implement internal controls over govt grants,
<><>tax-paid govt employees ignored oversight on “certain govt grant programs.”

The audit, released January 2026, focused on how the Minn DHS grossly mismanaged govt grants totaling approximately $400 million tax dollars wrt grants that had issues.

Key findings from the audit include:

<><>Fabricated Records
<><>DHS staff falsified and backdated documents in an attempt to mislead auditors.
<><>Zero or Inadequate Internal Controls
<><>DHS’s oversight was nil
<><>failed to determine if grant recipients were financially stable before awarding tax funds
<><>govt staff “approved” advance tax dollar payments incorrectly.
<><>Ignored Oversight
<><>the agency failed to ensure grantees submitted required progress reports,
<><>govt employees did not conduct required monitoring visits,
<><>govt employees did not perform financial reconciliations of tax dollar expenditures.


These findings are part of a larger ongoing scandal where state and federal investigators are probing potentially billions of tax dollars in fraud across various Minnesota govt social service programs, most notably the Somali-run “Feeding Our Future” case.

Now ousted, then-Gov Tim Walz has previously stated “he was working to fix it.”


11 posted on 01/06/2026 10:43:28 PM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Timmy needs to go to jail


12 posted on 01/07/2026 1:46:30 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: frank ballenger

its funny you mention this...

Lately, I give more, “Pfffft(s)... and keep scrolling” than I click into articles that say Bombshell or Breaking...

The only way these 2 words will regain any meaning for me is if they are in an article title that says a Dem is going to prison for fraud.


13 posted on 01/07/2026 2:27:30 AM PST by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: jeannineinsd

The Minnesota fraud machine in action.


14 posted on 01/07/2026 2:41:39 AM PST by Mashood
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To: Liz
I just realized that the key to unlocking this is the autism center fraud. Here's why:

Tracking children and autism is one of the most reliable things that is done, including in Minnesota. To operate an autism center billing Medicaid, you MUST have:

RoleCredentialsExperience Required
QSP (Qualified Supervising Professional)Master's/Doctorate + Licensed Mental Health Professional2,000 hours clinical experience with ASD
Level I ProviderMaster's degree OR BCBA certification2,000 hours supervised clinical experience
Level II ProviderBachelor's degree1,000 hours supervised clinical experience

New requirement (Jan 1, 2025):

​ All Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) practicing in Minnesota MUST be licensed through the Minnesota Board of Psychology as Licensed Behavior Analysts (LBA).

This creates a verifiable paper trail. Every legitimate autism center should have:

Now we have to look at the gross numbers. With all of the Somali child day centers and Somali autism centers, we should expect these children, over time, to age out and become enrolled in the Minneapolis K-12 school system. Austistic children will have special needs and should be enrolled into special education programs, which are all well-documented by the state.

What do the numbers show?

Minneapolis schools lost 3,100 students (2020-2024), yet we're supposed to believe daycares are serving 10,000+ Somali children who will age into the system?

Furthermore, the Special Education enrollment doesn't match autism rates:

But wait, there's more... the Licensed Behavior Analyst gap:

Conclusion:

Minnesota has:

If 10,000+ Somali children are in daycares receiving $100+ million in CCAP:

Instead we see:

The only possible explanations:

  1. Massive charter school enrollment - But charter schools report enrollment too; where's the data showing 11,000+ Somali charter students?

  2. Ghost children billing - Daycares claim 10,000 children, but only 2,000-3,000 exist (proven fraud method from 2015 case)

  3. Autism centers are completely fraudulent - No licensed therapists, no clients, just EIDBI billing for non-existent services

-PJ
15 posted on 01/07/2026 4:00:25 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: jeannineinsd

Butterfingers.


16 posted on 01/07/2026 4:12:17 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

LOL! Clearly an amateur. If you want to watch a professional drop bombshells safely and without injury to anyone just look at Hannity.


17 posted on 01/07/2026 4:26:07 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: jeannineinsd
employees ignored oversight on more than $400 MILLION in grants.

$400M? I thought we were up to ten figures and counting, and when you multiply ten figures by 50 states you are getting to annual deficit level numbers. No wonder debt increases, taxes go up and gubmint does nothing other than prosecute anyone who dares notice.

18 posted on 01/07/2026 4:28:18 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Political Junkie Too

Nice report. The same for daycare centers. There has to be a certain number of staff on hand depending on the age of the child. Daycare centers need 1 staff member for every 4 infants and then 1 staff for 6 to 7 children aged 1.5 to 3, etc.


19 posted on 01/07/2026 4:33:31 AM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: jeannineinsd
...the word is overused...

The word is also abused. That great big unabridged dictionary contains many words that mean much the same as "sensational".

20 posted on 01/07/2026 4:34:00 AM PST by GingisK
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