In the X post below attorney Bill Shipley kindly takes note of “Breaking bad.” In that post I sought to right-size credit for “breaking the story” of “Minnesota’s Somali fraud problem” attributed to those who have filled in various aspects of it in their work.
My point was to shift credit for “breaking the story” from reporters and pundits to federal law enforcement — to the FBI’s Minneapolis field office and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota. I think all of us who have covered the fraud since January 2022 are indebted first and foremost to law enforcement.
Because I sought to give credit where credit is due, I should have named names. I was thinking specifically of FBI forensic account Pauline Roase and FBI Special Agents Jared Kary and Travis Wilmer. I was also thinking of former United States Attorney Andrew Luger and First Assistant United States Attorney Joe Thompson.
Giving credit where credit is due is what I set out to do in the March 2025 Free Beacon column “From Feeding the Kids to Fleecing the Government: Inside the Country’s Largest COVID Fraud” and repeatedly on Power Line.
I want to call attention to this story by Scott Johnson over at Powerlineblog.https://t.co/L8ionF91B9
There is an “argument” over who “broke” the Somali fraud story that is now front & center in the public consciousness.
Many want to credit Nick Shirley’s video — but all the…
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) January 12, 2026
