Lawmakers grill Walz, Ellison over Minnesota fraud

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers grilled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday over their knowledge of allegations of fraudulent payments of taxpayer dollars across the state.

Elected officials on the U.S. House Oversight Committee questioned Walz and Ellison over whether they knew about reported billions of dollars in federal funds being used in fraudulent schemes.

Before the hearing, lawmakers released a report that alleged Walz and Ellison knew about credible fraud concerns in Minnesota and did not act on them. The report estimated about $300 million in federal child nutrition funds were fraudulently disbursed and as much as $9 billion in Medicaid-related funds were obtained.

“The Committee has found that Minnesota lacked adequate oversight efforts to verify that taxpayer dol...