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Posted on 06/08/2026 8:14:35 AM PDT by DFG
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison knew about widespread taxpayer fraud in the state's welfare programs as early as spring 2019, but took no action and instead the state retaliated against workers who tried to expose the abuses, a bombshell congressional report released Monday concluded.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee referred its findings from a months-long probe into $9 billion-plus in fraud schemes in Minnesota to Vice President JD Vance, raising serious concerns Democrats in the state turned a blind eye to the taxpayer losses because they feared "political retribution from the politically active Somali community,"
"Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison knew about the fraud in federal programs administered by the State of Minnesota much earlier than they admitted," the committee wrote in its final report reviewed by Just the News.
"Instead of trying to stop this widespread fraud, Governor Walz’s Administration retaliated against employees who tried to raise concerns, going to great lengths to keep them quiet, including intimidation through regular check-ins with high-level agency officials and threats of military surveillance," it added.
The report said the federal government has determined that at least $300 million was stolen by Feeding Our Future and its affiliated vendors and providers from the USDA's federal child nutrition programs and an estimated $9 billion has been lost to fraud from the high-risk Medicaid programs in Minnesota since 2018.
"The Committee has found that Minnesota lacked adequate oversight controls and procedures to verify that federal taxpayer dollars were being used appropriately and the Minnesota government could have stopped the flow of money to fraudsters at any time but chose not to for fear of political retribution from the politically active Somali community, which also wields power within social services provider networks," the committee wrote.
State was enabling federal funds to flow to fraudsters
The report had several major conclusions, including that:
Minnesota state agencies had clear authority to suspend or stop payments to providers suspected of fraud without requiring independent direction from courts, law enforcement agencies, or the federal government but failed to act.
State officials continued directing taxpayer dollars to Feeding our Future and other high-risk entities despite identifying serious program deficiencies, enabling federal funds to flow to fraudsters.
Testimony and documents show that concerns about litigation and accusations of discrimination—not legal barriers or directives from law enforcement—were cited as reasons for continuing payments to suspected fraudsters.
The Walz administration retaliated against state employees who raised concerns about fraud, while senior state officials prioritized managing political and media fallout over addressing known fraud vulnerabilities.
Comer: "Americans are fed up with fraud" Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison are responsible for one of the most stunning oversight failures this Committee has ever examined," committee chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said. "Today’s report is the culmination of months of investigative work and reveals hard evidence showing how the Walz Administration failed to stop widespread fraud, allowing criminals to enrich themselves at the expense of American taxpayers.
"Billions of dollars were stolen because Minnesota state leaders turned a blind eye to rampant fraud and retaliated against state employees who dared to raise concerns. It is now clear the Walz Administration chose to protect the system rather than protect the taxpayer," he added. "Americans are fed up with fraud and expect action from the government entrusted with their hard-earned money."
In addition to the Trump administration's new fraud task force securing large numbers of federal prosecutions, the House Oversight Committee has now passed more than a dozen bills aimed at protecting taxpayer funds and strengthening oversight of federal programs ripe for fraud.
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CONgre$$ is good at strongly worded reports. They still get paid and take many vacations.
“Strongly worded letter”
Pshaw. Not even
This Republican Congress does nothing besides haul up Trump cabinet for scolding and berating
Over nothing
This Minnesota crew participating in massive federal funding fraud gets nothing of the kind
They wonder why they can’t push Cornyn after outspending his Republican opponent by $80 Million
What a group of horrible wimps bullying Trump
Minnesota voters are also turning a ‘bind eye’
Exactly. Republicans are great at writing those reports that get the “slams” or “destroys” headline. Or maybe even “wrecks.” Then they go on their merry way and nothing else happens.
They didn’t turn a ‘blind eye’, they were instigating, helping, encouraging and ignoring it!..........
Taxpayers are tired of “strongly worded letters” instead of putting criminals behind bars. Congress is essentially sending a child home to their parents with a note saying they misbehaved in class. Not good enough! Time to start sending people to jail.
Taxpayers are tired of “strongly worded letters” instead of putting criminals behind bars. Congress is essentially sending a child home to their parents with a note saying they misbehaved in class. Not good enough! Time to start sending people to jail.
5 million dollars in suitcases per week is transported to Somalia from Minneapolis Airport each week.
How do illiterate goat herders get that kind of cash?
But of course..they were on the take.
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has faced intense scrutiny and was socked
w/ many allegations regarding his knowledge of Somali-linked fraud.
Critics claim he was “asleep at the wheel” or even complicit,
citing a 2021 Ellison meeting with Somalis who were later convicted.
Ellison insists he was unaware of the crimes and “did not”
enable the thieves thru his official tax-paid actions.
Audio resurfaced of a 2021 meeting between Ellison and individuals
who were later charged and convicted in the federal fraud probe.
Ellison stated in an April 2025 op-ed that he met with the individuals in “good faith” before any convictions or indictments had occurred, and that he “did nothing” for them and “took nothing” from them.
Yet days after meeting with the Somali fraudstees Ellison received a hefty Somali campaign donation.
Ellison and Walz are seen as failing to act on warning
signs and, more egregiously, silencing whistleblowers.
Ellison, along with other tax-financed state agencies, may have been “reluctant” to act or may have obstructed investigations, according to a Dec. 2025 letter from the House Oversight Committee.
A spokesperson for Ellison was cued to call the allegations “a lie without a shred of evidence behind it,” emphasizing that the individuals are attempting to shift blame for their own crimes.
In an unrelated case, Ellison sucked up bigtime——he filed a lawsuit against Nolosha Development in 2024, winning a judgment in 2025 for thieving Somalis.
I would like my money back.
“Slams” would be indictments. Improper use of the word.
Whimpers more accurately describes actions, so far.
I would like to hear something besides crickets.
blind eye and OPEN POCKET!
“CONgre$$ is good at strongly worded reports.”
What enforcement power does Congress have?
Answer: none. That’s the executive branch.
Literally all they can do is write laws and make referrals to the executive branch.
The executive branch is full of leftists at every position but the very top.
“CONgre$$ is good at strongly worded reports.”
What enforcement power does Congress have?
Answer: none. That’s the executive branch.
Literally all they can do is write laws and make referrals to the executive branch.
The executive branch is full of leftists at every position but the very top.
“Blind eye?”
They were active participants.
Right.
Like Nancy Pelosi and the illegal action for an official US Government Document she took in tearing up the State of the Union copy——Walz and Ellison can shred this report and get a good laugh about it.
After English and Spanish, Somali is the most spoken language in Minnesota. Is there a connection?
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