{"id":143512,"date":"2026-01-21T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143512\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:53:08","slug":"influencer-testifies-fraud-in-california-is-likely-worse-than-minnesota-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143512\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer testifies fraud in California is likely worse than Minnesota fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 During a <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/minnesota-fraud-cases-in-the-spotlight-in-congress-again-medicaid-daycare-nick-shirley-house-judiciary-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hearing on Minnesota fraud<\/a> on Wednesday, California GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley asked influencer Nick Shirley his thoughts on fraud in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you gotten any sense, or have you seen any signs that there that are sort of similar to what aroused your suspicions in Minnesota?\u201d Kiley asked Shirley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah and fraud in California might be worse than fraud in Minnesota,\u201d Shirley said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to elaborate, Shirley said that $24 billion went missing for homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-four billion in homelessness, and yet the homelessness population went up, and a state audit found out that they couldn\u2019t even figure out where the money went or what the outcomes linked to that spending were,\u201d Kiley said in response.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/influencer-benny-johnson-teases-massive-california-fraud-investigation-next-week-minnesota-nick-shirley-tim-walz-gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">conservative influencer Benny Johnson<\/a> said he was going to California to expose fraud in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American taxpayer needs to see first-hand how criminal California fraud is robbing our nation blind,\u201d Johnson wrote on X. <\/p>\n<p>He requested help from the public on this investigation and asked for tips.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Shirley made headlines for going to Minnesota and filming multiple daycare centers that appeared vacant.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Shirley alleged that millions of taxpayer dollars were funding these daycare centers, meaning that fraud was being funded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 During a hearing on Minnesota fraud on Wednesday, California GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley asked influencer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-143512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}