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Dear Minnesotans,
On Tuesday, the FBI executed search warrants on 22 child care and autism centers in Minnesota suspected of not providing the services they are getting public money to provide.
There have been no criminal charges announced. But the Tim Walz administration treated Tuesday’s raid as a serious matter, instead of a baseless Trump administration fishing expedition.
The Departments of Human Services and Children, Youth and Families each released statements Tuesday calling the FBI searches an important step to rooting out fraud in Minnesota social services.
The raids come as DFLers and Republicans struggle to hammer out the details on bills intended to prevent fraud. Last week, I…
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