Senator Paul posted approvingly of Nick Shirley's testimony at today's Senate hearing on government fraud in Minnesota, where massive welfare fraud schemes (estimated $9-10 billion total) involving daycare, autism services, and housing programs were presented. The post endorses the message that fraud is a cross-partisan issue requiring action — which is factually accurate about the fraud itself, but Paul's implied link to the broader hearing context includes claims about terrorism funding that federal investigators say lack direct evidence. As of recent reports, no one has been able to provide evidence that any money from these fraud cases in Minnesota have gone to fund terrorism in Somalia, though millions of taxpayer dollars stolen in the Minnesota fraud scheme were sent to Somalia through money transfer businesses according to Treasury. The post omits this contested context — multiple federal investigators told CBS News Minnesota there is no evidence taxpayer dollars were directly funneled to al Shabaab.