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Treasury Chief Bessent Launches Audit of Banks Facilitating Minnesota Fraud

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Treasury Chief Bessent Launches Audit of Banks Facilitating Minnesota Fraud
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"The Internal Revenue Service is launching a massive audit on financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the IRS will audit banks that helped launder fraudulent Minnesota program funds, including daycare schemes. Rather than pursuing individual fraudsters, the administration is targeting the financial institutions that enabled the money movement. This represents a major shift in enforcement strategy aimed at following the money trail through forensic accounting.

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On this episode of the Tom Bui Show Live, host Tom Bui and co-host Drew broadcast from London following their attendance at a Tommy Robinson rally in the UK. The most explosive revelation of the episode centered on President Trump's extraordinary trading activity: newly disclosed ethics filings show Trump made over 3,700 stock trades in just the first quarter of 2026, triggering mandatory disclosures and raising serious insider trading concerns. The trades included companies directly affected by his policies, such as Nvidia, which he purchased up to $1 million worth of stock in just one week before the Commerce Department approved chip sales to China. Bui argued passionately that all politicians should be barred from active stock trading and restricted to blind trusts or index funds. The episode also covered escalating tensions with Iran as Trump warned that time is running out for Tehran to accept US peace terms, with the Strait of Hormuz blockade threatening to drive gas prices to $7 by the midterms. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced major audits of banks that facilitated fraud in Minnesota programs, signaling a shift toward targeting financial institutions rather than individual fraudsters. Bui devoted significant time to discussing immigration tensions in the UK after attending the Tommy Robinson rally, which he described as massive and peaceful, though deeply divisive. He warned that ignoring these tensions will lead to violent cultural collisions similar to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The show also explored conspiracy theories around alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness causing red meat allergies that has exploded from 12 cases in 2009 to an estimated 450,000 in 2023, with some speculating about intentional release after a WEF spokesperson previously discussed the utility of such a condition. Throughout, Bui emphasized transparency, accountability, and the need to confront uncomfortable truths rather than dismiss them as racism or conspiracy.

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