Guest post by Bob Cushman – Investigative Reporter
Newly discovered evidence indicates a relationship between the Governor of Minnesota, the source of Massive Money Laundering and the possible destination of this massive amount of “stolen” money.
In a January 9, 2026 announcement by the US Department of Treasury:
“WASHINGTON— In Minnesota, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced several initiatives to combat rampant government benefits fraud in Minnesota, which has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. These initiatives are designed to strengthen and safeguard the financial system and protect Minnesota taxpayers.
“President Trump has instructed the administration to bring accountability for the hardworking people of Minnesota,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “Under Democratic Governor Tim Walz, welfare fraud has spiraled out of control. Billions of dollars intended for feeding hungry children, housing disabled seniors, and providing services for children in need were diverted to benefit Somali fraud rings.”
According to Fox News on January 10, 2026
“The scandal has already claimed Walz’s political career, forcing him to abandon his bid for re-election. But if he reckoned that quitting would somehow shield him from legal culpability, he is mistaken. There is mounting evidence that Walz was willfully complicit, deliberately refusing to expose or pursue the monumental thefts and, instead, launching aggressive measures to scuttle any legal scrutiny and criminal consequence.
The governor’s own state workers at the Department of Human Services issued a blistering statement blaming him as 100% responsible. Witnesses say he retaliated against whistleblowers and schemed to discredit the well-documented fraud reports.”
AI analysis yields the following overview:
The relationship between Tim Walz, the Governor of Minnesota, and the state’s Somali community has become a major point of political contention due to a series of
large-scale federal fraud investigations in Minnesota’s social services programs.
Key Details of the Situation
Federal Fraud Cases: The U.S. Department of Justice has charged 98 defendants in Minnesota fraud-related cases, 85 of whom are of Somali descent. The most prominent scandal involves the non-profit “Feeding Our Future,” which prosecutors say falsely claimed to provide meals to needy children during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to over a billion dollars in taxpayer losses. Other investigations involve housing and behavioral health programs.
Criticism of Walz Administration: Republicans, including President Trump and U.S. House members, have intensely criticized Governor Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, alleging their administration ignored warnings about the fraud for years and failed to intervene. Critics claim state officials were hesitant to investigate due to fears of being labeled racist or alienating the Somali community, which has a significant Democratic voting bloc.
Where did the money go?
Newly accomplished research by investigative reporter, Bob Cushman, has shown 10 money laundering smurfs that have fed the coffers of Governor Tim Walz as well as prominent members of the Democratic Party such as Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, seditious six members Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and many others!
A summary of the 10 Walz Smurfs is shown here:
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Please note that these 10 senior citizens have “allegedly” donated over $650,000 in over 38,000 separate donations. When you observe the “mere” $653,000, remember that we believe there are tens of thousands of smurfs that are feeding the campaign coffers of the Democrats! We are only “show-casing” 10!
The real dollar values that can be assigned to Democratic money laundering reaches into hundreds of millions of dollars or more!
We use the term “allegedly” because it has been shown that most or all of “smurfed” seniors have not been aware that the FEC credits them with these massive dollar amounts and numbers of donations.
Investigative reporters such as James O’Keefe, Charlie LeDuff, Bob Cushman and others have conducted many interviews in the past that revealed that these targeted seniors have merely had their identity “used” by campaign committees to launder money to candidates and other campaign committees.
It is believed that the FEC itself is complicit in the long term, massive money laundering effort. More details concerning these 10 smurfs can be see below:
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Who received this laundered money?
The names of some of the recipients are as follows:
Tim Walz, Gretchen Whitmer, DNC, DCCC, DSCC, Progressive Takeover, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Mark Kelly, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Elissa Slotkin, Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Gary Peters, John Fetterman, Hakeem Jeffries, Maggie For NH
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The state of Minnesota reported the following donations to Governor Tim Walz campaign coffers:
Our spreadsheet total shows $13,446,650.64 in 49,432 separate donations.
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For the details of Governor Walz , see HERE.
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board can be accessed HERE.
How does Governor Tim Walz money laundering compare to the Democratic Party money laundering?
The Freedom Press thought it would be illuminating to compare Tim Walz’s money laundering to other known smurfs and other known recipients of money laundering smurfs.
The 10 smurfs of Tim Walz were added to a master spreadsheet that contained 20 Cory Booker Smurfs, 22 Mark Kelly Smurfs and 10 Fani Willis Smurfs. The resultant 62 Smurf Master list is shown below.
The 62 smurfs are shown to have “allegedly” donated $9,851,000 in 434,409 donations. Interestingly, the average donation is only $22.68! This small average donation dollar number was thought to have avoided scrutiny by pesky citizens or investigative reporters.
They were wrong!
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When the chart titled the “Money Laundering throughout the Democratic Party-62 Smurfs” is viewed, the co-ordination of money laundering within the Democratic Party becomes visually obvious. This evil, illegal plot was devilishly planned and executed. ActBlue, the FEC and the Democratic Party are believed to have hatched and executed this diabolical long-term strategy.
Money Laundering throughout the Democratic Party – 62 Smurfs
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A higher resolution of “Money Laundering throughout the Democratic Party with 62 Smurfs” (one page) may be downloaded here.
A higher resolution of “Money Laundering throughout the Democratic Party with 62 Smurfs” (two page) may be downloaded here.
A higher resolution of the “Characteristics of 62 Democratic Smurfs” may be downloaded here.
The good news!
It’s all unraveling thanks to Patriots reporting the truth like Peter Bernegger (https://electionwatch.info/), James O’Keefe (https://okeefemediagroup.com/), Charlie LeDuff (https://enjoyer.com/ag-dana-nessel-held-in-contempt-for-jumping-ethical-firewalls-to-help-friends/), Bob Cushman (https://michiganscorruption.com), and various citizen journalists!
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