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Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown Appears to Threaten Journalists for Investigating Somali Fraud

January 2, 2026

Screencap of YouTube video.

As allegations of fraud in the form of Somali daycare centers is exploding, now across the country and not just in Minnesota, people on the left are rushing to defend the fraudsters.

In Washington State, Attorney General Nick Brown, put out a statement on Twitter/X that sounds like a threat to any independent journalists who might look into it.

Brown wrote:

My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused of fraud with little to no fact-checking.

We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers.

Showing up on someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior. I encourage anyone experiencing threats or harassment to either contact local law enforcement or our office’s Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline at 1-855-225-1010 or http://atg.wa.gov/report-hate.

If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF’s website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.

You can see his tweet below:

Amy Curtis of Townhall writes:

There are a few notable things in this statement. First, notice how he said people “experiencing threats or harassment” should call the police or the AG’s office Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline. Since when is asking questions about fraud a “hate crime” or “bias incident”?

Second, Brown vows to hold fraudsters accountable but only if that fraud is “substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies.”

Which means they aren’t going to hold the fraudsters accountable. At all.

This is nothing more than threats against independent journalists who dare to do the work Brown and the media refuse to do.

Journalist Andy Ngo responded to Brown:

Independent journalist Cam Higby was looking into this fraud and found some.

Democrat politicians and liberals in media are defending people who are ripping off American taxpayers. In Brown’s case, he is even using the rule of law to do it. How much longer do these people think this can continue?

Luckily, Harmeet Dhillon of the Trump DOJ is already aware of all of this.

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