Dustin Grage accused Minnesota state government agencies of failing to carry out basic oversight requirements for years, arguing that the absence of site visits in high-risk programs has allowed large-scale fraud to go unchecked.
Grage said the issue dates back more than a decade and centers on the Child Care Assistance Program.
“This going back to 2013 with CCAP. This is where it started,” Grage said.
He explained that the programs were supposed to include routine verification.
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“But you know, there's at least an annual site visit in there, in these 14 high risk programs right now,” he said.
According to Grage, even those requirements are no longer being enforced.
“Jason, site visits aren't even required in many cases,” he said.
Grage pointed to a recent criminal case in Minnesota as an example of how the lack of investigation has had legal consequences.
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“We actually had a recent jury conviction get overturned by a judge here in Minnesota,” he said.
He said the reversal was tied directly to the state’s inability to verify basic facts.
“And in that case, a DHS investigator stated that, well, we couldn't go investigate it to find out that this business was just simply run out of a PO Box and was legitimate.”
Grage said the justification given by investigators was a lack of resources.
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“We can't afford to do that,” he said.
He contrasted that explanation with the scale of alleged fraud he says has occurred.
“But for some reason, we can now afford anywhere from eight to $19 billion in fraud, but we can't afford to do site visits.”
Grage also cited a recent example he said illustrates how little oversight is taking place.
He referenced video footage involving a Minnesota learning center.
“And one of the funny videos you'll see out there recently is Nick Shirley coming to Minnesota a learning center,” Grage said.
🚨 This is a prime example of the BILLIONS of dollars in fraud happening right now in Minnesota, this is one of the hundreds of “daycares” receiving millions of dollars from the government, this daycare (that can’t even spell learning right) received $1,900,000 in tax exempt… pic.twitter.com/TlZVqg9LBi
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 23, 2025
He said the condition of the building itself raised questions about whether inspections had occurred at all.
“Except the problem in this case, and this is how you know these site visits aren't actually occurring, because on the side of the building it says Learing Center,” he said.
“They couldn't even spell Learning Center correctly.”
Grage said that detail reflected a broader failure to investigate. “And that just goes to show how deep the fraud is and how people are unwilling to investigate it at all,” he said.
“It's absurd.”
WATCH:
🚨 JUST IN: Minnesota’s Government has been exposed for REFUSING to do site visits of Somali orgs, resulting in BILLIONS of tax dollars being stolen, per @GrageDustin
One org took in $7.2 MILLION in tax funding and was run out of a PO BOXWALZ SHOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE! pic.twitter.com/oy0exqM7cn— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 27, 2025
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THE WHOLE STATE GOVERNMENT OF MINNESOTA IS GUILTY!!!!
All people who vote democrat are guilty.
This is what djt is spending over a 2-week period. Total Estimated Cost: $4.5–7.5 million for a single day.
rump Organization Profit → Resort accommodations and services are billed to the government, meaning taxpayer money flows directly into Trump’s private business. Estimated between $500,000 and $1 million.
Estimated Cost Breakdown
Category
Estimated Cost
Notes
Secret Service protection
$2–3 million
Includes advance teams, motorcades, perimeter security, overtime pay.
Military transport & logistics
$1–2 million
Air Force flights, support vehicles, comms equipment.
FAA flight restrictions
~$500,000
Airspace closures, rerouting commercial flights, coordination costs.
Local law enforcement overtime
$250,000–500,000
Palm Beach County police & sheriff’s deputies, reimbursed federally.
Resort accommodations & services
$500,000–1 million
Government reimburses Trump Organization for rooms, catering, facilities.
Miscellaneous (staff support, staging, comms)
$250,000–500,000
Temporary structures, press logistics, secure lines.
So now tell us who is guilty of fraud and theft of tax dollars.
Your hate is showing. You did not accuse Obummer or Bidum or any of our past presidents of fraud and theft when they spent all our money.
you are soooo (???) right, “cuz Joe Biden spent most of HIS time either in bed, on the beach or eating ice cream (thus keeping illegals, criminals, terrorist … and the like) safe. Duh!
They should all be imprisoned for life with hard labor and have to pay back the money f
I guess all the other past presidents paid for all of the above out of their own pockets. Otherwise you would hate them as much as you hate Trump.
Why have a jury trial if a Judge is allowed to overturn it?
All jury trials, the judge is actually in control from start to finish of crafting what the jury hears, doesn’t hear, what they can use to make their decision, and all judges reserve the right to overrule the jury, which then can then be appealed, if so chosen, to the circuit court of appeals.
You’ll never see a government official behind bars for fraud waste abuse, same reason why we’ll never ever see a cure for cancer. The elected crooks need the kickbacks from the illegal scumbagitry. The big ten richest bungholes need cancer, it is a trillion dollar golden goose.
Why can’t we have an ( ) OPT OUT OF THIS CRAP tick box on our taxation bills, requiring our tax money to remain within the same zip code it was stolen from.