Nick Shirley urges 'accountability', tells Trump Jr. he wants to see Tim Walz in a 'prison cell'

WASHINGTON, DC:  Independent journalist Nick Shirley appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s online show 'Triggered' on Tuesday, December 30, and made a highly charged statement expressing a desire to see Minnesota Governor Tim Walz face criminal consequences tied to an alleged fraud scandal.

Shirley’s remarks attracted widespread attention following his recent viral video, which claimed to expose alleged fraud involving Minnesota childcare centers.

The exchange touched on claims about fraud, accountability, and political bias.

Nick Shirley’s comments on Tim Walz and accountability

Shirley joined Trump Jr. and said he wanted to see Walz placed in a 'prison cell' if he were found criminally responsible for part of the alleged fraud involving Somali migrants in Minnesota.

Shirley explained that the public deserved 'accountability we want to see happen with this is we do want to see people actually be held criminally for what they’ve committed.'

He continued, "If you stole $10 million, you’d be in jail. If I stole $10 million, I’d be in jail, so therefore, if Tim Walz is accountable for, let’s just say, even a million dollars of this fraud, whether he has to spend 10 days in a prison cell or however many years a judge finds him guilty for it."

Shirley reiterated his calls for accountability, “That’s what he should have to do, and same with all the other fraudsters and all the corrupt politicians who allowed this to happen."

He emphasized the current administration’s responsibility to act, "It’s time to take it seriously, and this is such a pivotal moment for the current administration to make, to really show, like, ‘Okay, we’re holding people accountable for what they’ve done.'"

Trump Jr. then said, "Yeah, like I saw Kash [Patel] put out a thing on it. You know, they’ve been looking into this for months. You know, I guess the thing is this: there’s not just the people at the daycare centers or the people taking that check."

He further added, "Where’s the money going? Where’s other funding? I mean, this is complicated stuff to track down because you really can’t just take out the one daycare center or the 50 or the 100 that are there."

Donald Trump Jr. claims larger Democratic scheme behind fraud

Trump Jr. also hinted at a larger conspiracy, "You got to see where all this other stuff is going so you can uncover what is probably a much larger corruption case than even what you’ve discovered, which is, again, billions of dollars, in my opinion, probably at least. But it seems like it’s going so much further than that."

He alleged the fraud fueled a Democratic fundraising network, "And it all probably ties back to some sort of Democrat fundraising apparatus, where these businesses are then making sure that they’re electing the people and the Democrats so they can keep perpetuating these fraudulent policies."

Shirley advised going after the most accountable could break the cycle, "It is a never-ending vicious cycle, but I think if they do go after the person who’s most accountable for this and who has even said that organized crime — he’s even admitted to organized crime, and Tim Walz has before the fraud."

"So he’s known about this fraud for a long time. So if they go after him and they continue to go after everybody else, then you’ll see massive change and you’ll see real accountability be held,” he concluded.