After His Bombshell Investigation, Here’s Who Nick Shirley Just Crowned ‘Queen Of The Fraud’

Without the work of independent journalist Nick Shirley, Americans wouldn’t have much of the information currently available about widespread fraud being perpetrated across Minnesota.

Since exposing an array of troubling practices, primarily originating from the state’s sizable Somali population, Shirley has been making the rounds on media to offer more context to the situation.

As the Daily Caller reported, he recently appeared on Fox News, where he selected one prominent individual as deserving of extra condemnation:

“It’s a bit suspicious to have your net worth go by millions and then just recently say that it’s an error. I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever put two extra zeros as an error when I file any report,” Shirley told “The Big Weekend Show” co-host Guy Benson. “So, Ilhan Omar, we know who she is, we know that she is like the queen of the fraud, actually. So, Ilhan Omar, no respect to her whatsoever.”

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During the Biden administration, the Justice Department probed how Omar’s wealth jumped since she entered Congress, particularly due to income received by her husband. Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said during a Jan. 8 appearance on “Varney and Company” that Omar had tried to sneak through an earmark of over $1 million for a suspicious “substance abuse clinic” housed at a Somali-owned restaurant.

Shirley’s December video featuring his visits to multiple purported day care centers run by Somali migrants in Minnesota brought national attention to major problems with welfare and other types of fraud resulting in millions of taxpayer dollars. Shirley discussed the proposed legislation targeting independent journalists in California, taking aim at the sponsor of AB2624, Democratic state Assemblywoman Mia Bonta after co-host Tomi Lahren noted the assemblywoman’s connection to California’s attorney general, Democrat Rob Bonta.

“Their goal as a family should be to prosecute and take care and make sure that there is so little fraud in the state that they can have such a peaceful night of sleep,” Shirley said. “However, while the attorney general is supposed to be prosecuting fraud, his wife is creating laws to let fraud continue, specifically saying that NGOs who receive money based off immigrant services don’t have to disclose their money.”

Omar’s abrupt accounting revision drew widespread social media commentary:

Accounting errors? How convenient, now that she is under investigation for fraud. Expel her from congress, fine her, denaturalize her, and deport her. Never let her back into our country. pic.twitter.com/FmYFlDky0I

— Mike Lunn (@rmlunn) April 20, 2026

DEMOCRAT MATH: “The Right Squad” examines the financial bombshell surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar. After previously reporting assets over $30 million, Omar’s team has filed an amended disclosure claiming a massive “accounting error,” bringing that figure down to just $18,000.… pic.twitter.com/wS0KDkso9p

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) April 21, 2026

Perhaps more consequential from Omar’s perspective, however, were the recent remarks from one of her Republican colleagues, as The Hill reported:

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will “be held accountable to the fullest extent” if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from “any fraud.”

His remarks follow a Wall Street Journal report that a financial disclosure listed her and her husband’s assets at between $6 million and $30 million. Omar’s office later told the outlet the filing contained a “discrepancy,” and an amended version put the couple’s assets at between $18,004 and $95,000, the Journal reported.

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“Omar is saying the multimillion-dollar discrepancy was nothing more than an accounting error. In what world is a multibillion-dollar correction to a person’s financial disclosure considered normal? Perhaps this member’s accountant, perhaps Ilhan’s accountant, is a graduate from the Quality Learing Center. Either way, this about-face shows incompetence at best and a cover-up at worst,” Emmer told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday.

“Make no mistake, if Ilhan Omar is discovered to have been involved in any or to have benefited in any way from any fraud, she must be held accountable to the fullest extent,” Emmer added.

Any potential threat to her seat in Congress hits particularly hard this week after the resignation of another scandal-plagued House Democrat:

And here’s what Shirley had to say: