Vance referring Walz, Ellison to DOJ for criminal fraud investigation

Vice President Vance said late Monday that he will refer Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Justice Department (DOJ) for a criminal fraud investigation prompted by findings from a House Oversight Committee report. 

The report says Walz and Ellison were aware of widespread fraud and government failures that led to an estimated $300 million in federal child nutrition funds and potentially $9 billion in Medicaid-related funds to be “lost” or placed at “serious risk.”

In a letter to Vance, who Trump tapped to serve as “fraud czar,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) asked the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and Trump administration to investigate Minnesota’s social service........

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