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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said the Trump administration is investigating claims that tax money from Minnesota went to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, which is based in Somalia.

Bessent, in a post on social platform X , said he ordered the probe after finding the North Star State’s tax funds went to Al-Shabaab “under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz.”

“Thanks to the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, we are acting fast to ensure Americans’ taxes are not funding acts of global terror,” the Treasury chief wrote. “We will share our findings as our investiga

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