Hawley Accuses Keith Ellison Of 'Helping Fraudsters' To His Face

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Video Transcript Summary

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) questioned Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing about the Feeding Our Future fraud case, involving $250 million in alleged federal child nutrition program fraud (part of broader state fraud claims up to $9 billion).

Hawley accused Ellison of:

• Meeting with representatives of the group (including individuals later indicted/convicted) on December 11, 2021, in his official capacity.

• Pledging to help them by intervening with state investigators (citing a 54-minute recorded meeting where Ellison allegedly said he would contact officials, expressed concern, and discussed follow-up).

• Accepting $10,000 in campaign donations from linked individuals nine days later (December 20, 2021).

• Failing to act on earlier whistleblower complaints about the fraud dating back to 2018–2019.

• Enabling the fraud, with proceeds allegedly going to criminal activities like terrorism, drug/child trafficking.

Hawley repeatedly interrupted, demanded yes/no answers, called Ellison's responses lies, referred to the recording/transcript as public evidence, accused him of taking money in exchange for help, and stated Ellison "ought to be indicted," should resign, and "should be in jail."

Ellison denied the accusations, stating:

• He did not help the group or intervene to stop investigations.

• His office assisted in the eventual federal prosecution and convictions.

• The meeting was misrepresented/cherry-picked; he was unaware of the fraud at the time.

• Donations were not from meeting participants or were returned if linked; claims of direct solicitation or quid pro quo were false.

• He came voluntarily and objected to being insulted, calling the questioning theatrical and a misrepresentation.

The exchange grew heated with interruptions, personal barbs (e.g., "pal," "prisoner"), mutual calls for resignation, and the chair intervening to calm the tone and noting time expired. The hearing shifted to the next questioner.

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KEYWORDS: crime; crookedkeith; dflcorruption; dflpayoffs; dflracketeering; dhimmidems; dirtydems; fraud; minnesomalia; minnesota; rico; somalisota; theft

[SaveFerris]

I would imagine that Democrat Ellison is quite dirty
with all of the OUTRIGHT FRAUD in MinnesotaStan

MinneSomalia

[SaveFerris]

(Hawley repeatedly interrupted, demanded yes/no answers, called Ellison’s responses lies, referred to the recording/transcript as public evidence, accused him of taking money in exchange for help, and stated Ellison “ought to be indicted,” should resign, and “should be in jail.”)

Good work Senator Hawley

[Sarah Barracuda]

It was VERY telling that Ellison didnt know the name of the woman who was murdered by an illegal in his state..of course not, the commies could care less about American citizens murdered by illegals but they sure do know the names of every commie agitator on their side that gets arrested by ICE..Commies ONLY care about illegals since illegals vote Dem they dont give a rats ass about Americans killed by illegals, it goes against their bottom line

[shelterguy]

“””I would imagine that Democrat Ellison is quite dirty
with all of the OUTRIGHT FRAUD in MinnesotaStan”””””

We have known about it for years. We all know that the skinnies can do anything they want because they keep the democrats elected.

[econjack]

Time to start putting these fraudsters in jail. Arrest them, set the bail at what they are accused of stealing (e.g., $250 million), and see how many come up with $25 million in bail money. If they can’t come up with the funds, they stay in jail until their trial. Same for Walz, Ilhan, and all the others. This would go a long way to restoring faith in the judicial system because right now, there isn’t any.

[SaveFerris]

🔝🔝🔝

[steel_resolve]

Hawley took that little bitch to the woodshed

[SaveFerris]

Keith Ellison deserves all of it for sure

[JesusIsLord]

Kabuki theater, sound-bites and red meat for MAGA and constituents who are impressed with tough rhetoric and nasty letters.

Wake me up when tough rhetoric and nasty letters translate into someone going to prison.

[chopperk]

It is time a detailed investigation should begin by Bondi, Ellison stinks.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It is time a detailed investigation should begin by Bondi, Ellison stinks.

Might interfere with her Fox News appearances.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Keith's girlfriend was supposedly beaten by someone. Was that ever investigated and prosecuted?

"Keith Ellison has been accused of abuse by his former girlfriend, Karen Monahan, who alleged in 2018 that he dragged her off a bed by her feet during a 2016 argument and that she had a video of the incident. Monahan described the relationship as involving "narcissistic abuse"—a form of emotional abuse—and shared medical records from 2017 indicating she told her doctor she had experienced emotional and physical abuse by a partner she identified as Ellison.

Ellison denied all allegations, stating the relationship ended in 2016 and that he never abused Monahan or produced such a video. He called the claims false and emphasized his continued concern for her well-being.

A widely circulated photo showing a badly bruised woman was falsely linked to Monahan, but she publicly clarified: "This picture is NOT me", and both PolitiFact and Snopes confirmed the image was miscaptioned and unrelated to Ellison. The photo had been online for years and originated from unrelated sources.

No physical evidence, including the alleged video, has been released, and no legal charges were filed. The claims remain unproven.

Brave.....AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Great. I’m glad that Hawley told Ellison to his face. Let’s see if anything happens beyond that.

[bantam]

It should already be in progress, or near completion.
This DB is dirty as Hell!

[Rappini]

It’s not a problem for Ellison to lie because he’s a muslim, the Koran teaches to lie.