The Feds are back in Minneapolis. And they didn't stick around for the rent-a-mob to chase them around town this time.
A long-running investigation of fraud involving federal funding in Minnesota entered a new, highly visible phase Tuesday morning as uniformed law enforcement agents executed search warrants in the Minneapolis area.
Twenty-two federal search warrants were executed in Minnesota, including raids at daycares, businesses and homes, a federal official told CNN.
The raids dealt with allegations of fraud, the Department of Homeland Security said. The operation involved the FBI, other federal agencies and state and local law enforcement, a Justice Department spokesperson said.
They raided some familiar names - and some new contenders:
Here are 16 of the 22 confirmed locations from today’s raids:
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) April 28, 2026
- Quality Learing Center
- Global Star Therapy LLC
- Empower Skill Academy
- Aspen Associates LLC (Minneapolis)
- Aspen Associates LLC (Fridley)
- Mendota Autism
- Baby Halimo Child Care Inc
- Burnsville Learning… pic.twitter.com/S9HjLicRaT
Now, if there's one thing we know about President Trump, it's that he doesn't like to just defeat his opponents; he loves humiliating them.
So it might just be a coincidence that the raids happened on what's supposed to be a big day for Governor Walz, who has spent the last two years taking his shots at the President. Tonight was supposed to be his last "State of the State" address:
Gov. Tim Walz to deliver his final State of the State address Tuesday night https://t.co/W9U4BPQxnE
— Pioneer Press (@PioneerPress) April 28, 2026
I have no evidence that there's a link in the timing - but come on, man. It's just too perfect:
The Trump administration has accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was former Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, of allowing fraud to continue in the state.
Walz announced he would not be pursuing another term as governor while maintaining that the state had been taking active steps to guard against fraud and prosecute those who were found to be engaging in fraudulent activity.
The Governor tried to make a silk purse out of the sow's ear:
Today’s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it. That’s how the system is supposed to work, and our agencies will keep at it as long as there are fraudsters around to put behind bars.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) April 28, 2026
As did Attorney General Ellison:
My statement on this morning's federal law enforcement activity. pic.twitter.com/aLmWjPmQPu
— Attorney General Keith Ellison (@AGEllison) April 28, 2026
FBI Director Patel was having none of that:
Come again? This FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship. https://t.co/HczInx5sZm
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) April 28, 2026
In the meantime, one of the key defendants in the scam that started the whole thing - the former chief executive of "Feeding our Future", the non-profit at the center of the nation's biggest COVID-aid scam - may have dug the hole a little deeper:
Did Aimee Bock leak to the Star Tribune?
— Bill Glahn (@billglahn) April 28, 2026
Prosecutors accuse the convicted fraudster of being behind the disclosure of hundreds of confidential FBI interviews with witnesses in the sprawling free-food fraud scandal named after Bock's nonprofit.https://t.co/0vmgOB19rP
In the motion, the prosecutors accuse Bock, her two adult sons, and, perhaps, her attorney of being behind a series of leaks to media members of hundreds of confidential written interview reports of FBI interviews conducted with witnesses in the scandal (p. 4, FBI FD-302 reports). She would have obtained such material through mandatory disclosures of evidence gathered by the prosecution during the course of the case...Prosecutors are seeking sanctions against Bock and to prohibit jailhouse conversations between her and her two sons.
It'll be interesting to see if the raids end before the rent-a-mob can get organized.
