ABC, NBC, CBS Evening Newscasts Hides Tim Walz Massive Fraud Scandal

A massive fraud scandal is detonating in Minnesota — over $300 million looted on Gov. Tim Walz’s watch — and the national networks are acting like it never happened. While prosecutors keep stacking charges and whistleblowers accuse Walz of incompetence and retaliation, ABC, NBC, and CBS have imposed a blackout. Even The New York Times admits his administration let the system get robbed blind. Yet the media shields him anyway. A blue-state meltdown the press refuses to cover.

It’s a coordinated cover-up; another blue-state scandal buried to protect the party of destruction.

The legacy media is the enemy of the people.

The Minnesota fraud scandal exploding under Gov. Tim Walz has become a full-blown political inferno — but you wouldn’t know it from ABC, NBC, or CBS, which have collectively slapped a blackout on one of the biggest COVID-era thefts in America. While federal prosecutors keep piling on charges — now up to the 78th defendant and more than $300 million in stolen child-nutrition money — the legacy networks pretend it isn’t happening, shielding Walz as if he’s made of glass. State employees say they repeatedly warned national Democrats about Walz’s incompetence, whistleblowers accuse his administration of retaliation, and even The New York Times now admits his government let fraud swamp Minnesota’s social-services system. Yet the nightly news can’t spare a single mention of the governor at the center of it all. Critics call it a coordinated cover-up; media watchdogs say it’s another blue-state scandal buried to protect the narrative. And as Walz scrambles on Sunday shows insisting he “takes responsibility,” the question remains: how did hundreds of millions vanish on his watch — and why is the national press pretending it never happened?

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Walz under scrutiny for massive fraud scheme happening on his watch in Minnesota

By Brian Flood, Fox News, December 2, 2025:

Gov. Walz under fire as $1B Minnesota social services fraud scandal widens

Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on Minnesota’s $1 billion social services fraud scandal as DHS employees and Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth accuse Gov. Tim Walz of failed oversight and retaliation against whistleblowers.

Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., is at the center of a widening scandal as federal prosecutors continue to unravel one of the nation’s largest COVID-era fraud cases, but anyone who relies on evening newscasts on ABC, NBC and CBS for information would have no idea.

The Justice Department announced new charges last week against the 78th defendant in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, which prosecutors say involved more than $300 million in stolen funds from a federally funded child nutrition program and has already resulted in over 50 convictions. Many of the individuals charged come from Minnesota’s Somali community, and critics have pointed at Walz.

A group of Minnesota state employees said they wrote to former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) multiple times “warning them” about Walz and what they described as his “incompetence, fraud scandals and retaliation.” Walz was Harris’ running mate on the failed Democratic 2024 ticket.

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In a Truth Social post on Thanksgiving, Trump tore into Walz, who the president called “seriously r——d,” and accused the governor of doing nothing “either through fear” or “incompetence.”

Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., is at the center of a widening scandal as federal prosecutors continue to unravel one of the nation’s largest COVID-era fraud cases. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The New York Times published a blistering report on Saturday, headlined, “How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch,” writing, “Walz and fellow Democrats are being asked to explain how so much money was stolen on their watch.”

However, ABC’s “World News Tonight,” NBC’s “Nightly News” and “CBS Evening News” have not mentioned Walz by name in the past week, according to a search of transcripts using Grabien Media.

The terms “Somali” and “Somalian” were also not used on any of the three network newscasts.

ABC News, NBC News and CBS News did not immediately respond when asked by Fox News Digital why their evening newscasts skipped the story.

NewsBusters referred to it as an “omission” and accused the networks of suppressing the scandal.

“Another day, another massive story of blue-state political malfeasance hidden by the elitist media nightly news,” NewsBusters analyst Jorge Bonilla said in a report for the conservative media watchdog. “This time, there is not a peep about the exploding welfare scandal currently engulfing the state of Minnesota — which directly implicates some of its senior-most elected leaders.”

Gov Tim Walz fires back at Trump as he’s pressed on responsibility for fraud in MinnesotaVideo
“This is, without a doubt, a scandal of massive proportions that continues to unfold. And yet, a search of the legacy nightly news over the past week yields absolutely nothing,” Bonilla continued. “Had such allegations of corruption unfolded in, say, Florida, you’d never hear the end of it. But, as is often the case with these things, they appear to be different. The double standard wins again.”

Walz did face questions about the scandal Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” when host Kristen Welker pressed him on whether he takes responsibility for failing to stop the fraud in his state.

“Well, certainly, I take responsibility for putting people in jail,” the governor responded.

“I will note, it’s not just Somalis. Minnesota is a generous state. Minnesota is a prosperous state, a well-run state. We’re AAA-bond rated. But that attracts criminals. Those people are going to jail,” Walz continued. “We’re doing everything we can. But to demonize an entire community on the actions of a few? It’s lazy.”