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Search results for "US agents raid 22 Minnesota sites in social-welfare fraud probe"

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Fact-checks (21006)

Donald Trump stated on January 13, 2026 in a speech in Detroit:
"If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we're going to have a balanced budget."
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• January 13, 2026
Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts:
Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026
Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2026 in a post on Truth Social:
Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.
By Madison Czopek• January 6, 2026
Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.
By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino:
Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 2, 2026
JD Vance stated on January 22, 2026 in a press conference:
"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."
By Amy Sherman• January 28, 2026
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2022 in a statement on Truth Social:
In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."
By Yacob Reyes, Amy Sherman• November 11, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
People in Germany saw this electoral map that shows Trump beating Biden with 410 electoral votes before Dominion’s servers were seized.
By Samantha Putterman• December 8, 2020
Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:
“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.
By Nick Karmia, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 31, 2025
Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 30, 2022
Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2023 in a Truth Social post:
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• October 12, 2023
Bloggers stated on February 07, 2018 in a blog post:
"FBI RAIDS OBAMA – Find Massive Secret That Was Hidden For YEARS."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 30, 2018
Threads posts stated on July 28, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Home Depot signed a deal that pays them $250 million with DHS, allowing ICE agents to stake out their parking lots and arrest immigrants.”
By Maria Briceño• August 5, 2025
Mehmet Oz stated on January 06, 2026 in an interview on Fox News:
“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”
By Amy Sherman• January 14, 2026
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 26, 2020
Donald Trump stated on May 21, 2024 in a campaign email:
“Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY FORCE” in Mar-a-Lago raid. Biden was “locked and loaded” and “ready to take me out.”
By Jeff Cercone• May 23, 2024
Ohio Republican Party stated on October 18, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
Says Maryellen O’Shaughnessy "accepted campaign cash from indicted politician Jimmy Dimora."
By Mark Naymik• October 20, 2010
Bloggers stated on May 11, 2017 in Internet posts:
"Clinton Foundation cargo ship raided at Port of Baltimore" caught smuggling 460 undocumented immigrants.
By Joshua Gillin• May 12, 2017
Joe Biden stated on September 12, 2019 in a tweet:
 "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
By Miriam Valverde• September 18, 2019
Ted Nugent stated on February 24, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"I've been a cop in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 thereabout. I conduct federal raids with the DEA and ATF and U.S. Marshals and the FBI and Texas Rangers."  
By Jon Greenberg• February 27, 2014

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By John Kruzel• July 16, 2018

President Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi: How she helped his agenda, and shaded the truth

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026

Why does the Justice Department monitor polling sites?

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