Vice President JD Vance said Monday that he has referred allegations of fraud connected to social service programs in Minnesota, which are tied to Gov. Tim Walz and state attorney general Keith Ellison, to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation.
“Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew, or harassed and intimated whistleblowers, they must face justice,” Vance said in a post on X.
The referral follows the release of a House Oversight Committee investigation report alleging that senior state officials in Minnesota, including Walz and Ellison, were “aware of widespread taxpayer fraud in federally funded social programs for years” but did not act to address it….
Vance Refers Fraud Allegations Involving Minnesota Governor, AG for DOJ Investigation
