Minnesota Fraud Exposed: Billions Lost, Warnings Ignored, and the Political Fallout
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
3.7 • 9.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Filling in for Sean Hannity, Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers break down what may be the largest public-funds fraud scandal in American history, with Minnesota at the center. Joined by former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, the discussion traces how years of ignored audits, whistleblower warnings, and political pressure allowed massive fraud across food programs, Medicaid, autism services, and assisted living—potentially totaling $9 billion. Pawlenty outlines a culture of government incompetence, political correctness, and intentional inaction that let the abuse grow unchecked, while federal prosecutors now move aggressively toward indictments. The conversation raises urgent questions about accountability, political consequences, and whether Minnesota voters will demand real reform.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.2 | Happy New Year America. |
| 0:06.8 | It's Peter Schweitzer. |
| 0:07.5 | This is Eric Eggers, and we are filling in for Sean. |
| 0:10.0 | Join the conversation, 1-800-9-41-7-3-2-6. |
| 0:13.2 | 1-800-9-4-1-7-3-2-6. |
| 0:16.0 | Something I did not think I would say on this show. |
| 0:19.6 | And that is that the nation's eyes are turned to |
| 0:23.3 | Minnesota. You've got massive fraud occurring in Minnesota. And I think we're just at the |
| 0:29.7 | tip of the iceberg. I think we're at the tip of the iceberg. The last time we were able to fill in |
| 0:33.2 | for Sean was actually the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. And we were talking about Minnesota fraud then. |
| 0:39.7 | And it's insane to think that like two months later, it's still in the news because we're |
| 0:44.7 | still finding out more details about just how pervasive this is. |
| 0:48.5 | Of course, we've been covering this story on the podcast. |
| 0:50.8 | We do The Drill Down, which you can find at the Drilldown.com. |
| 0:53.3 | We were telling you about this summer feeding program, which had $250 million, |
| 0:59.4 | potentially stolen, fraudulent. |
| 1:01.7 | You got 125 meals that were just fabricated. |
| 1:04.2 | 25 million meals. |
| 1:05.5 | 125 million meals. |
| 1:07.4 | Insane. |
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