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Jack Brewer, a former captain of the Minnesota Vikings, is publicly supporting FBI Director Kash Patel following federal agents’ seizure of records and potential evidence amid an investigation into alleged fraud involving Minnesota’s Somali community during the Trump administration.
Details of the investigation’s findings remain undisclosed. However, according to KSTP-TV, search warrants were executed at more than 20 childcare facilities across Minneapolis. In one instance, agents reportedly used a battering ram to gain entry into a building.
“Today is a day for Americans to celebrate,” Brewer, the 47-year-old former special teams player, expressed to Fox News. “At last, we have an FBI that is standing up for the underprivileged in this country by tackling the corruption in Minneapolis and its surroundings. They’re literally robbing the orphaned, the widowed, and those in poverty.”
“Thank goodness for Kash Patel and the federal authorities stepping in, as they seem to be the only ones attempting to regulate this area. Minnesota appears unwilling to police itself,” he added.
Brewer, who previously played as a safety for the University of Minnesota and spent four seasons in the NFL, transitioned into a prosperous business career. He is now a professor at Fordham Gabelli School of Business, where he serves as Director of the Athlete and Artist Programs.
The Texas native and former Barack Obama supporter has also become a favorite at CPAC and even helped secure pardons for Lil Wayne and Kodak Black from President Donald Trump.
Ex-Minnesota Vikings special teams standout Jack Brewer has become a favorite at CPAC and even helped secure pardons for Lil Wayne and Kodak Black from President Donald Trump
FBI agents walk outside the Mini Child Care Center (formerly Mako Childcare) in Minneapolis
More recently, he’s focused himself on allegations of fraud against childcare centers in Minnesota, many of which are run by Somali immigrants and their American-born descendants. Under an investigation launched by the Biden Administration, 65 individuals, many of whom are Somali-American, have been convicted of defrauding a federal program aimed at providing food to children.
While Brewer accused Minnesota’s government of failing to police itself, Democratic Governor Tim Walz welcomed the federal raids on Tuesday. What’s more, Minnesota’s child welfare agency shared information with federal law enforcement.
The raids were carried out by various state and federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, according to The Associated Press.
‘We catch criminals when state and federal agencies share information,’ Walz said. ‘Joint investigations work, and securing justice depends on it.’
Brewer to Fox: ‘Thank God Kash Patel (pictured) and the federal government are stepping in’
Special teams standout Jack Brewer (center) is seen with Randy Moss (far left), Dante Culpepper (center left) and retired Minnesota Vikings tight end Jim Kleinsasser (far right)Â
But speaking to Fox News, Brewer described Minneapolis and many ‘liberal cities’ as ‘completely lawless.’
‘They will not, by any means, police themselves — at the state level, the local level, or the city level,’ he said. ‘All they do is let people get away with crime after crime after crime, no matter if it’s violent crime or white-collar crime.
‘What can you do to actually go to jail in Minnesota? If you look at it, they have some of the shortest prison sentences, they let people right out of jail, and it becomes a free-for-all. It is a complete free-for-all.’
Tensions have been mounting between Trump and Walz, who recently abandoned a bid for a third term as governor. Trump has also attacked Somali immigrants as ‘garbage’ and having a ‘low IQ.’
Brewer did not use dehumanizing rhetoric against all Somalis, but did attack those accused of fraud in Minnesota.Â
‘They prey on vulnerable people,’ Brewer said of the accused fraudsters.
‘I believe they get into these networks and pass it on amongst each other — how to steal from the US government and how to exploit the very people those programs were created to help. Those people are gross. They are robbing the people who need help the most and turning suffering into their own personal business model.’