US EditionWalz, Ellison Face Resignation Calls During House Fraud Hearing
House Republicans demanded resignations and highlighted 98 indictments amid ongoing federal probes of $9 billion Medicaid and child nutrition fraud in Minnesota.
- On Monday, the House committee questioned Walz and Ellison about widespread welfare fraud in Minnesota, amid heated exchanges and calls for accountability.
- Since the story first broke a few months ago, independent and federal investigations uncovered billions in alleged welfare fraud, with losses estimated at $9000 million in child nutrition funds and up to $20 billion in Medicaid-related funds.
- Whistleblowers and indictments show 98 people indicted, with 30 whistleblower letters alleging community intimidation and unrecovered stolen funds.
- No Minnesota representative on the House committee, and neither Ellison nor Walz have issued statements since the hearing, leaving responses pending.
- In recent months, officials in the Trump administration called welfare schemes the 'single greatest theft' with estimates from $9000 million to $20 billion, prompting Minnesota Republicans to hold hearings.
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Walz, Ellison face resignation calls during House fraud hearing
(The Center Square) – On Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison faced calls to step down during a hearing of the U.S. House Oversight Committee on allegations of widespread fraud throughout the state.
Tom Emmer calls for Tim Walz, Keith Ellison to ‘serve jail time’ if fraud coverup allegations are true
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The highest-ranking Minnesotan in Congress is calling for a deeper investigation into allegations that leaders in his state government knowingly ignored evidence of welfare fraud, and he called for those leaders to even face incarceration if proven true. “People are sick and tired of elected officials having a double standard, being treated differently than they are. They’re held accountable…
Tom Emmer calls for Tim Walz, Keith Ellison to 'serve jail time' if fraud coverup allegations are true
EXCLUSIVE: The highest-ranking Minnesotan in Congress is calling for a deeper investigation into allegations that leaders in his state government knowingly ignored evidence of welfare fraud, and he called for those leaders to even face incarceration if proven true."People are sick and tired of elected officials having a double standard, being treated differently than they are. They're held accountable for things that they should be held accounta…
4 Takeaways From Top Minnesota Officials’ Testimony on State’s Massive Fraud
Two of Minnesota’s top officials—Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison—testified before Congress for more than four hours on March 4 about their state’s multibillion-dollar fraud controversies. During the latest hearing on Capitol Hill, Republicans tried to pin down when the two Democratic leaders were alerted to the fraud, why payments continued afterward, and what role politics may have played. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) summed up the…
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