Trumpedo's "Justice Department" is a joke. If they were representing justice, they'd arrest the entire Trumpedo entourage.

No surprise to that !!!!!

 In your opinion.

 My opinion is that this is the type of stuff DOGE should have been addressing instead of taking benefits away from humans that worked for the Government for 30 years without due process.

 This is an opinion.

 There was an investigation into this back in Sept.  The problem was that in the act of dismantling the Dept of Education, they also requested the Dept of Education assist in the investigation.  This is the equivalent, in my opinion, of telling a work crew to find missing pipe while firing the work crew.  

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/ghost-students-target-minnesota-colleges-...


 The solution, in my opinion, is not allowing 50 different versions of these programs, but instead increasing the resources placed into combating the abuse.

"... Frey says Mpls is a 'safe haven' for undocumented immigrants, trans community..."

     "...  Minneapolis Mayor Frey said Minneapolis will continue to be a safe haven for undocumented immigrants and the transgender community.

       Frey made the comments during a town hall hosted by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
       Minneapolis police previously said the city has no role in federal law enforcement. ..."

(Again a reprint of a news report)

Eegore wrote on 01/17/26 at 19:44:49:


The scale of fraud nationwide is on one hand, shocking. On the other, not a surprise.

I remember years ago reading an in-depth article that made the case that government getting involved in financial aid through FSA, is the single largest reason tuition’s skyrocketed. I’m not suggesting widespread fraud in FSA applications although I don’t know for sure, but the bigger point is anytime a government program is developed, fraud is sure to follow.

I get Eegore’s point that support is needed to audit programs to make sure they are 1) fulfilling their mandate but 2) ensure they are not being robbed blind which seemingly every program is.

And while 50 different programs is problematic on one hand, couldn’t it also be that a few of those programs are run by honest and intelligent people who develop systems to catch fraud while a national program ran by an incompetent and corrupt leadership spreads fraud acrosss all 50 states?

Good question.

Still, all things considered, why didn't DOGE catch this, if it's real? Because the MAGATs made it up.

 You admitted yourself "Yes DOGE was/is incompetent", and now they are supposed to be competent?  DOGE isn't an experienced investigative program.  They are a bunch of contracted workers with minimal, or no, experience in what they are hired to do.

 According to Craig Munson, Minnesota State’s Chief Information Security Officer, they knew about this back in June 2025.  So he's making it up too, along with the independent organization that uncovered it.

 They are so invested in the made up information that MN education programs paid $9,500 and $63,457 back to the federal government after ghost students stole financial aid.

 That's a lot of money to give back to the Government over some made up MAGA nonsense in my opinion.

 

That is far from the $30-60 million (Depending on which LIAR you believe) that MAGATs keep claiming. Maybe they just don't understand decimals.