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NCS anchor Abby Phillip asserted that the concept that “no one is being held accountable” for the widespread fraud being reported in Minnesota is “completely false,” and that the abuse was not “just left to run rampant.”
During a Monday broadcast of “NCS NewsNight,” Phillip clashed with NCS’s Scott Jennings over the dealing with of Minnesota’s exploding fraud scandal, with Jennings arguing that not sufficient had been carried out to resolve the state of affairs and forestall future abuse.
“This idea that nothing is being done, that no one is being held accountable, that this was just left to run rampant, is completely false,” Phillip stated.
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NCS host Abby Phillip pushed again on the notion that “no one is being held accountable” for the widespread fraud being reported in Minnesota. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images)
Jennings pushed again on this assertion, conceding that whereas “some people have been held accountable,” he is of the identical opinion as many Republicans who really feel that “not nearly enough” of these concerned have been dropped at justice.
“And truthfully, until somebody in a position of power — until somebody in a position in Minnesota, elected position, who was in charge of administering this or having some oversight over it — goes to jail, it’s honestly never going to stop,” he added.
The conservative commentator went on to quote what he known as “rampant fraud” going down in “blue states across the country,” pointing to $9 billion of reported fraud in Minnesota and $70 billion in California.
“When is someone in a position of power going to go to jail for the rampant fraud?” he questioned. “You can put all the low-level people in jail you want, but until somebody in charge goes to jail, it won’t stop!”
Phillip countered Jennings’ level by mentioning varied fraudsters who had been pardoned by President Donald Trump, asking Jennings “where is that same energy” in terms of the president pardoning people convicted of fraud.
“I have no defense for anybody who commits fraud. Fraud is bad,” he responded. “What I am telling you, though, is in the case of these states and locales, this is public money, taxpayer money.”
NCS political commentator Scott Jennings attends the “A Revolution of Common Sense” Book Launch in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2025. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
Jennings added that elected officers are accountable for the taxpayer-funded applications they oversee, referencing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz‘s feedback from final yr bragging that his state could be offering $316 million in direct funding for childcare suppliers — a sector that has since confronted widespread fraud allegations.
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Several Republican lawmakers in Minnesota launched an announcement on Monday calling for Walz to resign in mild of the unfolding fraud scandal that has spiraled throughout his tenure.
Earlier this month, federal prosecutors revealed that the fraud scandal in Minnesota, primarily discovered throughout the state’s Somali neighborhood, might price taxpayers as a lot as $9 billion.
The Monday name from Republicans for Walz to resign comes shortly after a viral video by journalist Nick Shirley, seen greater than 100 million occasions on X, highlighting suspected fraudulent daycare places, prompted much more scrutiny on Walz.
GOP lawmakers in Minnesota are calling for Gov. Tim Walz to resign over the exploding fraud disaster. (Getty Images)
“The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action,” a Walz spokesperson informed Fox News. “He has strengthened oversight — including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed.”
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The spokesperson added that Walz has “hired an outside firm to audit payments to high-risk programs, shut down the Housing Stabilization Services program entirely, announced a new statewide program integrity director, and supported criminal prosecutions.”
Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.