Minnesota Fraud Whistleblowers Hunted, the Fight for the Future of College Athletics & Controversial DA Practices in PA Week In Review
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 4 July 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
1. Minnesota Fraud Investigation and Whistleblower Allegations
- Government fraud within Minnesota social service programs.
- Claims that Minnesota officials, including individuals within Governor Tim Walz's administration, suppressed or retaliated against whistleblowers.
- Reports that employees who raised fraud concerns were allegedly investigated, monitored, intimidated, or discouraged from reporting misconduct.
- The possibility of criminal and civil liability for officials if the allegations are proven true.
2. College Sports and NIL Reform
- The current challenges facing college athletics.
- Concerns about unrestricted player transfers, eligibility disputes, and escalating financial pressures on athletic programs.
- A proposed bipartisan congressional bill designed to stabilize college sports.
- Discussion of how football revenue supports many non-revenue sports such as tennis, track and field, and Olympic sports.
- The role sports scholarships play in helping students, especially those from lower-income backgrounds, access higher education.
3. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner
- Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
- Claims that Krasner has improperly sought relief or new trials for convicted murderers.
- References to a Pennsylvania court opinion criticizing the District Attorney's office for alleged procedural misconduct and unreliable concessions in post-conviction cases.
- Broader criticism of criminal justice reform policies associated with progressive prosecutors and billionaire donor George Soros.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome, it is verdict with Ted Cruz. |
| 0:06.1 | We can review Ben Ferguson with you. |
| 0:08.6 | And happy 4th of July. |
| 0:10.6 | Here are the big stories that you may have missed that we talked about this past week. |
| 0:14.3 | We have got a shocking story coming out of Minnesota that the governor there actually |
| 0:19.4 | paid private investigators to spy and to intimidate |
| 0:24.4 | government employees who had whistleblown on the massive fraud that was taking place. Also, |
| 0:30.7 | a bill that is actually moving through Congress that is now quite possibly going to save |
| 0:36.0 | college sports forever. |
| 0:38.3 | And lastly, an activist DA in Philadelphia, yet again letting criminals walk. |
| 0:44.0 | Why is this happening and who's behind it? |
| 0:46.2 | We explain that for you. |
| 0:47.6 | It's the weekend review and it starts right now. |
| 0:50.7 | All right, I want to move on to this other incredible story, Senator, coming out of |
| 0:54.2 | Minnesota. And in life, especially in government work, you're told that if you're a whistleblower, |
| 1:00.6 | that you have protections. And that if you're a whistleblower, you should not be afraid for your job |
| 1:06.1 | or that someone's going to come after you, certainly the government that you work for. Well, |
| 1:10.2 | apparently that's |
| 1:11.0 | not the case in Minnesota. And if you want to know how the Somali fraud got so bad, it might |
| 1:18.1 | actually be because the governor was coming after the whistleblower, not those that were committing |
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