If you needed any more evidence that the system is rigged—or at the very least, willfully blind—look no further than the newly launched federal investigation into hundreds of millions of dollars in cold, hard U.S. cash being routinely shipped out of Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport by Somali nationals. Not wire transfers. Not digital transactions. Suitcases full of cash. For years.
We should absolutely investigate.
Please send over the info, @libsoftiktok. https://t.co/LxtwbPQsVc
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) December 31, 2025
We’re talking about an estimated $700 million packed into luggage and flown to destinations in Somalia, other parts of Africa, and even the Middle East—often in bundles of $1 million or more, according to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials and whistleblowers. These aren’t rumors. These are first-hand accounts backed by internal flags from TSA agents who, for years, raised concerns only to be ignored under the Biden administration.
Now, finally—finally—federal authorities are beginning to investigate. But not because Biden’s DHS initiated anything. In fact, under his leadership, the administration made zero effort to look into these transfers, even as the evidence piled up at TSA checkpoints. The cash was flagged, photographed, documented—and then waved through.
Members of Minnesota’s Somali community defrauded U.S. taxpayers, funneled money to complicit politicians, and funded the Al-Shabaab terrorist network.
Meanwhile, Tim Walz and other officials turned a blind eye and targeted whistleblowers.
This is only the tip of the iceberg. pic.twitter.com/LxRTmE1xkH
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) January 7, 2026
Why? That’s the question that Arizona Congressman Eli Crane is now demanding answers to. He’s raised the alarm over where this money is going, how it’s being acquired, and whether any of it is ending up in the hands of terrorist organizations like Al Shabab—an al-Qaeda-affiliated group operating in Somalia and responsible for horrific attacks throughout East Africa.
Crane’s concerns are bolstered by a whistleblower, a former TSA agent, who offered this chilling statement: “I saw suitcases filled with millions of dollars of cash and the couriers were always Somali men traveling in pairs. And they got through the checkpoint. It just absolutely blew my mind.”
According to Just the News, the numbers are staggering:
- $342.37 million in outbound cash from Minneapolis travelers in 2024
- $349.4 million in 2025
And that’s just from a single airport.
The timeline is equally telling. These shipments began to spike after Democrat Tim Walz took office in 2018, coinciding with the explosion of fraud scandals involving Somali-run nonprofits in Minnesota, including the now-infamous Feeding Our Future case. This isn’t some abstract fiscal anomaly. It’s a live, active channel of wealth extraction—moving U.S. dollars out of the country in mass quantities, with virtually no oversight.
The implications are massive. At best, this is tax evasion and unregulated capital flight. At worst? It’s the largest blind spot in U.S. counterterrorism financing policy in years—happening under our noses at a major international airport, with the federal government looking the other way.
WOW: Former Minneapolis TSA agent whistleblows on what she saw from Somalians.
“I saw suitcases filled with millions of dollars of cash and the couriers were always Somali men traveling in pairs and they got through the checkpoint. And it just it just really absolutely blew my… pic.twitter.com/OPG5SqQRv2
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) December 31, 2025
The question is no longer whether there’s smoke. The question is how many fires are burning behind the scenes—and who’s been responsible for keeping the alarms silent.
