The Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan administration is responsible for $9 billion in fraud at the Feeding Our Future program.

Posted by The Rob Carson Show, Oct 5, 2026Checked Oct 30, 2026

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Sources: 5 contradict2 support1 context
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Confidence: 85%

The Rob Carson ShowOct 5, 2026

The $9 billion figure is a federal prosecutors' estimate of possible fraud across 14 Medicaid programs, not losses from Feeding Our Future, which sources put at about $250–300 million. The claim also departs from the passage: the speaker tied the $9 billion to the administration generally, while the extracted claim narrows it to Feeding Our Future.

What was said

… And the great news is we're leading among independents, and that lead continues to creep up among independents. That's a large chunk of the Minnesota electorate. So we like the direction that we're going, and I think when people learn that this administration, the Tim Walz Peggy Flanagan administration, was responsible for all of this fraud, they were the Leering Center, the 9 billion dollars, also the decline in test scores and the increase in crime. They know they want to change, and we're offering a real common sense bit of change here. The Eden Prairie High School homecoming was canceled because of Somali gang violence. …

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What we found

Contradicts. AP reports prosecutors put the losses from the Feeding Our Future case at $300 million alone, and the total across all Minnesota fraud cases could exceed $1 billion.[1]

Contradicts. Reuters describes the Feeding Our Future indictment as defrauding $250 million from a federally funded child nutrition program.[2]

Contradicts. The $9 billion figure comes from prosecutors' estimate that half of $18 billion in flagged Medicaid spending across 14 programs could be fraudulent, a figure the state called speculation. It is not a Feeding Our Future figure.[3][5][6]

Contradicts. A Star Tribune review of federal court cases found the alleged Feeding Our Future fraud uncovered to date is closer to $218 million.[5]

Supports. A Republican-led House Committee report and a Rep. Hill press release describe roughly $9 billion in possible fraud across Minnesota programs, and the Hill release ties it loosely to the Feeding Our Future case. These are partisan sources that do not establish the Feeding Our Future figure.[3][4][7]

Context. The House committee report attributes about $300 million to meal program fraud and flags up to $9 billion in questionable Medicaid payments, which separates the two figures.[7][8]