21 JAN 26 SITREP

• At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump said the United States is seeking to acquire Greenland, calling it a core national security interest located between the United States, Russia, and China.
• Trump said Greenland is an enormous, unsecured Arctic territory and argued that only the United States has the military capability to defend it amid increasing global instability.
• He cited World War II history, stating that after Denmark fell to Nazi Germany, the United States established bases on Greenland, defended the island, and prevented enemy forces from gaining a foothold in the Western Hemisphere.
• Trump criticized Denmark for failing to meet defense commitments, noting that a $200 million pledge made in 2019 to strengthen Greenland’s defenses resulted in less than 1 percent of the funds being spent and no visible defensive presence.

• Washington Attorney General Nick Brown dismissed allegations of fraud at the Department of Children, Youth and Families despite state audits documenting hundreds of millions of dollars in spending without adequate internal controls.
• Audits cited approximately $500 million across 2 programs lacking sufficient controls, more than $2 million in provider overpayments, and a 4-year failure to maintain provider-level records needed to trace payments.
• Brown declined to call for an outside investigation during a press conference, stating that ongoing audits by the State Auditor’s Office were sufficient and emphasizing a distinction between criminal fraud and administrative mismanagement.
• The State Auditor’s Office classified the department as one of the highest-risk agencies in Washington state government and formally questioned more than $400 million in federal program costs due to missing documentation.

• On January 19, Nekima Levy Armstrong helped organize and lead a group of approximately 30 to 40 anti-ICE protesters into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, disrupting a Christian worship service for roughly 20 minutes and triggering a federal Department of Justice investigation.
• Armstrong served as executive director of the Wayfinder Foundation, a Minneapolis-based anti-poverty nonprofit, from 2019 through 2024 while publicly engaging in activist organizing.
• During that 6-year period, Armstrong received more than $1.1 million in total compensation, including salary and benefits, according to tax filings.
• Over the same period, the Wayfinder Foundation reported approximately $5.24 million in total revenue while distributing about $700,052 in grants to community initiatives.