The Elitist Media have mostly avoided having to cover anything to do with massive fraud out of Minnesota. A fresh set of indictments provided the network evening news with an opportunity to do the right thing. A usual suspect failed.
Watch as ABC World News Tonight covers only half of today’s indictment news:
WATCH: ABC's brief on Minnesota fraud covers ONLY the sentencing of the Feeding Our Future mastermind, with nothing on today's 15 indictments pic.twitter.com/f809CB1P5V
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 22, 2026
WHIT JOHNSON: Tonight, a former Minnesota nonprofit leader sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison. Aimee Bock was convicted of illegally receiving $250 million in federal funds meant to feed underprivileged children. Her lawyers arguing for a three year sentence. The case became a political flashpoint after President Trump described the state as a hub of illegal activity. Prosecutors have charged 78 people, 60 have pleaded guilty or have been convicted in this scandal.
Why not cover the other indictments? It makes absolutely no sense to omit those once you’ve committed to talking about government assistance fraud in Minneapolis. Per CBS News, here’s what was left out:
The Future Leaders Early Learning Center was one of 10 Minneapolis daycares visited by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley in December and featured in a viral video. State license investigators had also visited the site on Nov. 10, 2025, and issued a citation for the space not being clean and children's files not containing immunization documentation.
In February, Mahamud notified the state that Future Leaders Early Learning was closing. That same day, prosecutors say she booked a flight to London.
In April, at least 20 Minnesota daycares and autism centers were raided by federal agents. It's unclear if Future Leaders Early Learning Center was one of them.
CBS even managed to run the story on the Evening News:
WATCH: CBS includes today's 15 indictments in their Minnesota fraud roundup pic.twitter.com/Vn3X1YFuq2
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) May 22, 2026
TONY DOKOUPIL: Big developments today tied to that fraud scandal in Minnesota. The former leader of Feeding Our Future, the nonprofit behind a $250 million child nutrition scheme, was sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison today. Aimee Bock is her name. She was also ordered to pay back nearly all the money. After the hearing, the FBI announced new charges against 15 additional people allegedly involved in another fraud scheme worth $90 million. One of those people, the FBI said, jumped from a fourth floor balcony to avoid arrest. He was later seen on camera limping into hiding.
Unlike ABC in their brief, CBS managed to include mention of the new indictment. NBC’s Nightly News ran a longer report that covered both fraud cases.
Is this the beginning of a new transparency when it comes to the coverage of these cases? Probably not. But it’s a start. Except, perhaps, for ABC.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript as aired on the NBC Nightly News on Thursday, May 21st, 2026:
TOM LLAMAS: Now to Minnesota and the Trump administration announcing a series of criminal charges against 15 people they say defrauded Medicaid and other agencies of $90 million with one of the suspects jumping off a balcony, trying to flee arrest. It was captured on camera. Here's Kelly O'Donnell.
KELLY O’DONNELL: : In Minnesota today, the FBI urged the public to help find a fleeing suspect caught on video. Wanted in a sweeping health care fraud investigation.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: I want you to get a good look at him.
O’DONNELL: Authorities say the man jumped off a fourth story balcony, visibly limping to escape arrest.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: Too often here in Minnesota lately, fraudsters have turned government programs into their own personal ATMs.
O’DONNELL: Today, the Department of Justice investigation announced charges against 15 they describe as owners of child care centers and Medicaid providers. The DoJ says this fraud scheme could have reached $90 million, putting the vulnerable at risk.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: One patient was supposed to be receiving 24-hour care through this program. But he was actually being serviced by a fraudster. And received no services. This patient was later found dead.
O’DONNELL: In a separate investigation, a lengthy prison sentence today. Nearly 42 years behind bars for Aimee Bach, convicted in a $250 million covid-related case. As the former head of a nonprofit food program that prosecutors said filed fraudulent claims and took kickbacks. Late today, police in Minnesota say they arrested that fleeing suspect at a home linked to one of his alleged coconspirators. Tom.
LLAMAS: All right, Kelly. We thank you.
