An investigation found ICE recently paid half a billion dollars for a Minnesota prison offered in 2025 for $75 million.

Standing at a podium to tout the Trump administration’s “fraud task force” achievements on Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a reporter that it would be a “waste of our time” to investigate ICE’s recent purchase of a prison from a private company for hundreds of millions of dollars over a prior asking price. Bessent responded sternly when a reporter suggested at a press conference…

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