Minnesota Judge Overturns $7.2M Medicaid Fraud Verdict, Sparking Political Firestorm
A Minnesota judge’s decision to throw out a jury’s $7.2 million Medicaid fraud conviction has ignited intense backlash and raised fresh questions about courtroom standards and prosecuting public-funds crimes.
Hennepin County Judge Sarah West on Nov. 20 granted a judgment of acquittal for Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf, overturning an August 2025 guilty verdi…




