Karoline Leavitt: Trump Believes Walz Is Criminally Liable For Fraud
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed Venezuela and fraud in Minnesota during an interview with FOX News host Jesse Watters.
JESSE WATTERS: First of all, Happy New Year, Caroline. I hope your New Year’s Eve was better than Maduro’s. The situation in Minnesota, does it surprise you what’s happening with Tim Waltz? KAROLINE LEAVITT: Unfortunately, it doesn’t. The scale of the fraud that the Trump administration, with the help of great independent journalists like Nick Shirley, is uncovering right now, is surely shocking. But President Trump has been calling out Tim Waltz for his incompetence and corrupt leadership for a very long time. And Trump was right about everything. This is another example of that. Which is why Governor Waltz is dropping out of the race for re-election today. This is a man who can no longer even win the support of the voters within his home state, because his policies have failed them. And now the great people of Minnesota, a state that was once known as the land of 10,000 lakes, has been turned into the land of 10,000 Somali schemes because of their governor. And don’t forget, this is a guy who was at the top of the Democrat Party’s ticket. The number two. He was Kamala Harris’s running mate just about a year ago, until President Trump crushed them last November. And it was in large part because the President was calling out this fraud. And so this has been a day one priority for the Trump administration, Jesse. The Department of Justice has convicted and prosecuted nearly 100 defendants in Minnesota. And because of these new details and this new reporting that has come to light, this is all hands on deck across the entire government effort. We are surging resources. You saw today the Department of Homeland Security announced we have nearly 2,000 agents from the Homeland Security Investigations team. The FBI is on the ground. And we’re freezing money. HHS cut off funding for child care centers and for daycares. USDA Secretary Rawlins has been asking Governor Walz to see the recipients of SNAP in his state. So this is all hands on deck, rest assured. It’s a top priority for President Trump. And he believes that Governor Walz is criminally liable. And I think the Department of Justice is going to find out.
