The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report that says Minnesota state officials, under Gov. Tim Walz, were aware of taxpayer fraud and failed to address it.
The report, titled “The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota’s Fraud Explosion,” looked into federally funded social programs in Minnesota and claims that state lawmakers were both aware of the fraud and capable of stopping it.
“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison,” the report states, “are responsible for one of the most stunning oversight failures this committee has ever examined.”
“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.”
The investigation found that…
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