{"id":2531912,"date":"2026-01-09T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-makes-huge-move-to-stop-us-taxpayers-from-funding-somali-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:36:48","slug":"trump-admin-makes-huge-move-to-stop-us-taxpayers-from-funding-somali-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-makes-huge-move-to-stop-us-taxpayers-from-funding-somali-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Makes Huge Move to Stop US Taxpayers From Funding Somali Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-makes-huge-move-to-stop-us-taxpayers-from-funding-somali-terrorism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2531912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that, in response to revelations about a Somali welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota, the Biden administration plans to require people to disclose whether they receive public assistance when wiring money abroad and will push regulations to bar benefit recipients from sending remittances overseas. Bessent and others have argued that some of the money routed from Minnesota&#8217;s Somali community through hawalas has ended up funding the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabaab. A City Journal investigation cited law-enforcement sources saying millions were sent through informal money-transfer networks and that in some cases funds may have reached extremist groups. The administration&#8217;s proposed rules would make lying about benefit status on federal forms a crime and could lead to benefit reductions if recipients are found to be sending funds abroad. Commentators in the piece argued that public assistance should support people living in the United States and not be transferred to recipients in other countries, and they framed the new actions as overdue reforms prompted by the scandal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the extent of the Somali welfare fraud scam in Minnesota began revealing itself late last year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed something that should have revolted every American: We, the taxpayers, were apparently the biggest funder of a terror organization linked to al-Qaida.<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore, if Bessent and and President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration have anything to do about it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Fox News on Thursday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-bessent-goes-cutthroat-exposes-msnbc-host-clueless-1-question-know-swap-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bessent<\/a> announced that those who were on public assistance must check a box before sending remittances abroad, and that the administration would be pushing regulations which would forbid those on public aid from sending money to other countries.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From now on, anyone who wires money out from one of these money service businesses has to check a box saying whether they are on public assistance,&rdquo; Bessent told Laura Ingraham.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And if you are on public assistance, we will start pushing that you cannot wire money out of the country.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>When asked what happened if they didn&rsquo;t tell the truth: &ldquo;Well then, that&rsquo;s a crime &mdash; lying on the federal form,&rdquo; Bessent said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people, our generosity, has been taken advantage of,&rdquo; Bessent said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our generosity is funding [Somali terror group] al-Shabab and Iranian interests,&rdquo; Ingraham responded.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent concurred: &ldquo;The money&rsquo;s supposed to go for alleged asylum seekers and their families and children,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re wiring money out of the country, one of two things must be true: You are getting too much money, and your benefits should be cut, or you were part of this conspiracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; JUST IN: Sec. Scott Bessent is now moving to BAN anyone that receives government assistance from wiring money out of the country after Somali fraudsters were caught in Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you are wiring out of the country, you&rsquo;re either getting TOO MUCH or you&rsquo;re part of this&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMfbNPo1b5\">pic.twitter.com\/TMfbNPo1b5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2009421518334214492?\">January 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/al-shabab-terrorists-launch-attack-us-military-base-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">al-Shabab<\/a>, and the extent to which American taxpayer money was using to fund it, was revealed in a City Journal article by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher Rufo in November, as the scandal began to hit Democrats hard.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The largest funder of al-Shabab is the Minnesota taxpayer,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-indicates-republicans-are-moving-toward-impeachment-inquiry-of-biden\/\" title=\"McCarthy suggests GOP leaning towards Biden impeachment inquiry.\">confidential source told<\/a> the reporters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/minnesota-welfare-fraud-somalia-al-shabaab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Journal&rsquo;s<\/a> investigation revealed that very much might be true:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The Somali fraud rings have sent huge sums in remittances, or money transfers, from Minnesota to Somalia. According to reports, an estimated 40 percent of households in Somalia get remittances from abroad. In 2023 alone, the Somali diaspora sent back $1.7 billion&mdash;more than the Somali government&rsquo;s budget for that year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our investigation reveals, for the first time, that some of this money has been directed to an even more troubling destination: the al-Qaida-linked Islamic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">terror group<\/a> Al-Shabaab. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/m-i-a-m-i-murder-is-a-major-issue-rapper-killed-in-miami-drive-by-shooting\/\" title=\"&#039;M.I.A.M.I. (Murder Is a Major Issue)&#039; Rapper Killed in Miami Drive-by Shooting\">multiple law-enforcement sources<\/a>, Minnesota&rsquo;s Somali community has sent untold millions through a network of &ldquo;hawalas,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >informal clan-based money-traders<\/a>, that have wound up in the coffers of Al-Shabaab.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to Glenn Kerns, a retired Seattle Police Department detective who spent 14 years on a federal Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the Somalis ran a sophisticated money network, spanning from Seattle to Minneapolis, and were routing significant amounts of cash on commercial flights from the Seattle airport to the hawala networks in Somalia. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One of these networks, Kerns discovered, sent $20 million abroad in a single year. &ldquo;The amount of money was staggering,&rdquo; Kerns said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Beyond the obvious fact that the largesse of the American taxpayer shouldn&rsquo;t be going to an al-Qaida organization, there&rsquo;s the equally sane argument that it shouldn&rsquo;t be going&nbsp;<em>anywhere<\/em> outside of the United States. Public assistance is for the U.S. public, for their survival in the United States. It is not for the survival of someone in Somalia, or Suriname, or Switzerland, or any other country that begins with the other 25 letters of the alphabet, no matter how rich or poor it may be.<\/p>\n<p>This is common-sense stuff. The fact that it took a massive Somali fraud scheme and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-airstrike-in-somalia-kills-52-al-shabab-extremists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connection to a terror group<\/a> for an administration to even follow up on this is mind-blowing. 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