Hawley EXPOSES Keith Ellison's MN Fraud Alongside Nick Shirley — HSGAC Full Hearing

[0:00] Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the witnesses for being here. [0:03] Mr. Shirley, I just want to start with you. I, for my part, want to say thank you for the [0:07] terrific work you've done on exposing fraud all across the country, nowhere more so than in the [0:12] state of Minnesota. You know, it's a funny thing. Not long ago, the Attorney General of the state [0:16] of Minnesota was sitting right where you're sitting, Keith Ellison. And I had a question [0:21] or two for him about the fraud in that state. And he said to me that, oh, I mean, it just, [0:26] nobody could have found it. I mean, he didn't know anything about it. You know, he was completely [0:32] in the dark until it was all blown open. And there's just nothing that would have tipped him [0:36] off. I find that interesting because near as I can tell, I mean, you were a 24-year-old [0:40] independent journalist. You had a camera and a list of public spending records, right? [0:45] Correct. [0:45] So how did, if this fraud was so hard to find, how did you manage to find it when none of the [0:50] public officials in Minnesota could find it? [0:53] I simply went to the locations of the leering centers and the daycares and asked to enroll [1:00] a child. And there was no way to enroll a child into any of these daycares. In fact, [1:04] there were no children to be seen anywhere. [1:06] So in other words, you asked a few questions and you looked. You actually looked to see if [1:11] there was fraud. [1:12] Yes. [1:12] And you found it wide open, everywhere, rampant. [1:15] Everywhere. [1:16] Everywhere. [1:17] And all, a lot of the Medicaid programs inside of Minnesota from the non-emergence, non-emergence [1:24] school, uh, vehicles to transportation companies. [1:26] You know, I find it so interesting because Keith Ellison, when he was attorney general, [1:30] way back in 2018, 2019, I think we've got a poster of this effect, was actually told and [1:37] had multiple referrals made to his office about fraud in some of the very programs that you [1:42] looked at. I mean, these are, this is years ago now. He had official referrals made to [1:47] him. He said, oh, I just couldn't find any evidence of the fraud. Do you think maybe there's [1:52] a little bit of corruption at the governmental level in the state of Minnesota? I mean, is [1:56] that just maybe a possibility? Maybe some of these guys are maybe, maybe on the take, [2:01] you think? I mean, possible? [2:02] Yeah, it's not even maybe or possibly, it's a certainty. [2:05] Yeah, I would say so too. And I can prove it to you. Keith Ellison, that guy, after overlooking [2:10] $250 million in fraud, he took $10,000 in campaign contributions from the very people [2:17] who were committing the fraud, who came to see him in his office, asked him to please [2:22] get state investigators off of their backs, which he did, asked him to shut down the investigations, [2:29] which he helped with, offered to give him money, which he accepted. I mean, I think that's [2:34] the answer as to why can't any of these people find the fraud? Because they're getting paid [2:38] by the fraudsters. And here you are, 24 years old, got a camera, got the public records, [2:43] asked a few questions, and it's everywhere to be seen. [2:45] I mean, this kind of corruption, and it's what, sadly, the Democrat Party wants to bring [2:50] to this country all across America. I don't know why guys like Ellison are not being prosecuted, [2:54] I have to tell you. And he sat there and lied under oath right where you're sitting now. [2:57] I asked him why he took this money. He said, oh, I didn't take a dime. He took $10,000. It's on the record. [3:02] I just want to commend you for what you've done. Mr. O'Keefe, I want to thank you for [3:06] being here as well. I want to thank you particularly for your investigations, so many of them, but [3:11] particularly those into anti-Christian bias. I want to ask you just about Trevor Williams, [3:17] the Washington Nationals. You found that Trevor Williams was shut down. He was muffled. He was gagged [3:25] by his own team because he had the audacity to say that he didn't think that this poster, [3:33] I think we got a picture of this, that this outrageous desecration of the Last Supper by [3:39] this group that calls itself the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, which is an anti-Christian [3:45] group that actively mocks Catholics and other Christians. He said he didn't like this, and for [3:49] that reason, if I remember correctly, the Washington Nationals tried to shut him down. Tell us just about [3:55] what your investigation found. This is involving the Washington Nationals baseball team and civil [4:01] rights violations and anti-Christian bias, and the Washington Nationals have fired this vice [4:08] president for his bias against Christians, and it's part of our expose, exposing officials in [4:15] corporations and in the administrative state, the deep state, breaking the law, pushing back. We have [4:21] another one coming out inside the Pentagon the next few days with similar themes. Well, I look forward to [4:26] that. Let me just say this. Were you surprised at all, given your investigation of the Trevor [4:31] Williams incident, were you surprised at all when the Commissioner of Baseball, just a few weeks ago, [4:37] threatened to penalize and fine players, two players on the Giants who put Bible verses onto their, [4:45] one on their cap, I think one on their jersey. The Commissioner of Baseball came out and said, [4:49] oh, that's against our rules. We're going to fine you. It was absolutely outrageous. Did that surprise you, [4:54] given the sort of systemic bias, if I could use that phrase that you found? Nothing surprises me. [4:59] There's a lot of irony and absurdity in reality, but it does not shock me. And I think sunlight, [5:04] to quote Brandeis, is the best disinfectant. So they might do some things and open, [5:10] but it's, I think it's possible to shame the devil by capturing these candid remarks behind closed doors, [5:16] where they really talk about their intent and their motivation. And that caused, that video caused a firestorm. [5:21] And, you know, to quote Nick Shirley, the video does not film itself. The citizen journalists should get [5:27] to show up and do the thing. And I think it's more difficult for bureaucrats to do that. So citizen [5:33] journalists are going to do it. That's great. Well, I'm glad you're doing what you're doing. And I think [5:36] partly because of what you exposed, the kind of bias you exposed in the Trevor Williams case, [5:40] the Commissioner of Major League Baseball had to back down. Yes. When we confronted him on this issue and admit, [5:45] actually the rules permit the players to write these things on their jerseys, if they so choose, [5:50] they permit the players to forego wearing politically themed jerseys at all. And he [5:55] committed to me in writing that none of these players will ever be fined or disciplined for [5:59] expressing their faith. But you and I both know he wouldn't have done that had he not been embarrassed [6:03] by the facts that you and others brought forward. So thank you for your work. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. [6:07] Chairman.