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Secretary Bessent goes toe-to-toe with Margaret Brennan over the exploding Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota. Bessent revealed that Treasury is now tracking money that was moved out of the U.S. to the Middle East and Somalia — by individuals tied to the scheme. And he ended his appearance with a line Brennan clearly didn’t expect. BESSENT: “To be clear, the initial fraud was discovered by the IRS, for which I’m the acting commissioner, it was discovered by IRS criminal investigations unit.” “This was not endogenous that the state of Minnesota decided. We had to go in and clean up the mess for them. This is part of the continued cleanup.” “A lot of money has been transferred from the individuals who committed this fraud, including those who donated to the governor, donated to representative Omar and to AG Ellison.” “They have been transferred to something called MBSs.” “They are wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking system. That money has gone overseas. We are tracking that, both to the Middle East and Somalia to see what the uses of that have been.” BRENNAN: “You have no evidence of that money being used to fuel terrorism at this point? Which is what some conservative writers are alleging.” BESSENT: “That’s why it’s an investigation. We started it last week. We will see where it goes.” “I can tell you, it’s terrible. Representative Omar tried to downplay it. Said it was very…it was very tough to know how this money should be used. She was gaslighting the American people.” “When you come to this country, you have to learn which side of the road to drive on, stop at stop signs and learn not to defraud the American people.”

Dana Bash just called out Hakeem Jeffries right to his face, live on CNN. Jeffries was spinning wildly, claiming ICE has gone “completely out of control” and needs to be reined in through DHS reforms tied to funding bills. But Bash hit him with a very inconvenient fact that completely undercut his narrative. JEFFRIES: “We know that ICE is completely and totally out of control. They’ve gone WAY too far. And the American people want them reined in.” “So dramatic changes are necessary to the manner in which Department of Homeland Security officers are conducting themselves before any funding bill should move forward.” BASH: “So you say very clearly that this — and it’s clear in your proposals — is about reining in ICE and CBP.” “But those agencies, as you well know, are already very well funded through the Big Beautiful Bill Act — that’s what the president called it — and it passed last year.” “So what that means is that a shutdown would really only impact unrelated agencies.” “FEMA. TSA. FAA.” “So how does pushing for these changes — and potentially not getting them — actually help rein in an immigration crackdown?” So this is all for show. Narrative, obliterated.