Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison will testify today in a House Oversight Committee hearing on the massive amount of welfare fraud in the state.
The hearing, entitled “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II,” will allow lawmakers to examine Walz and Ellison’s role in covering up the billions of dollars in fraud involving federal funds in their state.
“As fraudsters looted billions of taxpayer dollars from Minnesota’s social programs, state lawmakers recently testified that Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison ignored repeated warnings and retaliated against state employees who raised concerns. The American people deserve clear answers about how such widespread fraud was allowed to flourish under their watch,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a statement.
“While the Department of Justice continues to investigate, prosecute, and charge those responsible, Congress also has a duty to conduct rigorous oversight of this heist and enact stronger safeguards to prevent fraud in taxpayer-funded social programs. We look forward to questioning Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison under oath to ensure transparency and accountability for the American people and to consider meaningful reforms that prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds.”
The billions of dollars stolen in Somali fraud schemes involving Minnesota daycare centers received national attention from investigating journalist Nick Shirley’s exposé late last year. It was also recently revealed that Somali fraudsters have transported nearly $1 billion in bulk cash through the Minneapolis airport alone to Somalia since 2024.
Trump has accused the Somali community in Minnesota of pillaging “an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer.”
“We have all the information, and in actuality, the number is much higher than that,” Trump said during his State of the Union Address.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump highlighted the massive crimes during his marquee speech, announcing that Vice President JD Vance will lead his administration’s “war on fraud.”
But the waste, fraud, and abuse of federal funds goes beyond Somalis in the state.
Ellison also testified during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing last month, where Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for his indictment for helping the corrupt Feeding Our Future officials get “investigators off their backs.” This is another $250 million COVID fraud scheme, which the Department of Justice described as the largest “in the country.” At least 78 defendants have been federally charged in the scandal, which Walz and Ellison allowed to operate in their state as they seemingly received kickbacks.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 am ET.
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Jordan Conradson, formerly TGP’s Arizona correspondent, is currently on assignment in Washington DC. Jordan has played a critical role in exposing fraud and corruption in Arizona’s elections and elected officials. His reporting on election crimes in Maricopa County led to the resignation of one election official, and he was later banned from the Maricopa County press room for his courage in pursuit of the truth. TGP and Jordan finally gained access after suing Maricopa County, America’s fourth largest county, and winning at the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Conradson looks forward to bringing his aggressive style of journalism to the Swamp.
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