SNAP data - Rooting out Fraud

FTC chairman says Democratic governors are shielding fraudsters by refusing to hand over SNAP data

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson accused Democratic governors of blocking the Trump administration's effort to root out fraud in the food-stamp program, charging that their refusal to share recipient data amounts to protecting the people who steal from taxpayers.

Ferguson made the accusation Thursday during an appearance on Fox News' "America's Newsroom," where he laid out a widening rift between the administration and blue-state leaders over access to information about who receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

SNAP is funded by federal dollars but administered by state governments, a structure that gives governors effective veto power over whether Washington can audit the rolls.

The core dispute is straightforward. The administration has asked states to share SNAP recipient data so federal investigators can verify that benefits are reaching eligible Americans, and not illegal immigrants or other ineligible recipients. Red states, Ferguson said, are cooperating. Blue states are not. And he did not hold back about what that refusal signals.

"I don't know what else to infer from the fact that they're not cooperating other than trying to protect the fraudsters, and I don't know what to infer from that other than the Democrats are in on this, and I think it's a huge problem."

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