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Brooke Rollins: “The Biden USDA went in, tried to put the Mauds in prison.”

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Farmers, Food Security & America First | 13th and Park

Published January 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:34

Just on our way here, I called Heather Maude. Who the Maude family. Fifth generation ranching family out of South Dakota. They had been in an epic legal battle. The Biden USDA went in, tried to put the Mauds in prison. 30, 35, 36 year old parents of two young children. Threatened them with bankruptcy, told them to find, get people to raise their kids for them. (05:34–05:39)

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