EXCLUSIVE: Nick Shirley fires back at Minnesota critics: 'Numbers don't lie, and convictions don't lie'

Nick Shirley never planned to become one of the nation's best known independent journalists, making videos that would dominate the national conversation and be retweeted by vice presidents and CEOs.

Yet, in the wake of his Minnesota fraud investigation, Shirley has exploded onto the national scene as a one-man journalism machine. 

Recently, he sat down with Fox News Digital at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas to discuss his unconventional rise, his reporting philosophy and the stories the mainstream media is still ignoring.