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Legal scholar on Trump administration investigating Minnesota daycare fraud claims

By Leila Fadel

Published January 1, 2026 at 4:50 AM EST

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to legal scholar and former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade about the Trump administration investigating a YouTube content creator's claims of daycare fraud in Minnesota.

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