{"id":2576408,"date":"2026-03-05T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-ellison-administration-enabled-fraud-scandal-guy-benson\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:48:19","slug":"walz-ellison-administration-enabled-fraud-scandal-guy-benson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-ellison-administration-enabled-fraud-scandal-guy-benson\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz-Ellison administration &#8216;enabled&#8217; fraud scandal: Guy Benson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwalz-ellison-administration-enabled-fraud-scandal-guy-benson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2576408&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The washington Examiner reports that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison faced strong scrutiny during a House Oversight and Goverment Reform Commitee hearing about a state-wide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-trump-drops-a-bomb-during-phone-call-tells-raffensperger-vote-scammer-and-hustler-ruby-freeman-was-behind-18000-fraudulent-votes-in-suitcase-scandal-video\/\" title=\"HUGE: ... DROPS A BOMB DURING PHONE CALL! Tells Raffensperger \u201cVote Scammer and Hustler\u201d Ruby Freeman Was Behind 18,000 ...ULENT VOTES in Suitcase Scandal! (VIDEO)\">fraud scandal<\/a> involving federally funded social programs. The discussion highlighted the Feeding Our Future child nutrition scheme, which prosecutors say involved about $250 million, along with alleged abuses in Medicaid, autism services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-about-as-close-to-socialism-that-ive-seen-5-gop-governors-reject-bidens-increased-unemployment-benefits\/\" title=\"\u2018This Is About As Close To Socialism That I\u2019ve Seen\u2019: 5 GOP Governors Reject Biden\u2019s Increased Unemployment Benefits\">child care assistance<\/a>, and housing programs. Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson argued that the Walz-ellison administration \u201ccoddled\u201d the perpetrators and enabled the fraud, urging that the governor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal ... to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> should lose their jobs. He contended that democrats at the hearing tried to spin the issue into a debate over immigration rather than address Minnesota\u2019s fraud problems. The piece also notes proposed antifraud legislation to improve detection, oversight, enforcement, and penalties, and mentions federal actions\u2014framed as part of a broader crackdown on healthcare fraud\u2014that included pauses in Medicaid funding to Minnesota.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Walz-Ellison administration &lsquo;enabled&rsquo; Minnesota&rsquo;s fraud scandal: Guy Benson<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2523796\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4480061\/abigail-spanberger-doubles-down-sanctuary-extremism\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> said Wednesday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4481380\/minneapolis-man-bribery-feeding-our-future-fraud\/\">Minnesota<\/a>&rsquo;s leadership &ldquo;coddled&rdquo; the perpetrators of the state&rsquo;s fraud scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4480654\/five-takeaways-minnesota-fraud-hearing-walz-acknowledged-failures\/\">both testified<\/a> before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee&nbsp;on Wednesday, where they admitted&nbsp;that&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4480190\/minnesota-attorney-general-says-was-duped-feeding-future\/\">Minnesota has been engulfed in a fraud scandal<\/a> targeting federally funded social services programs. Among the scandals discussed in this hearing were the $250 million Feeding Our Future child nutrition fraud case and alleged abuse across Medicaid, autism services, child care assistance, and housing programs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4479269\/dc-council-bowser-body-camera-police-bills\/\">DC Council defies Bowser over body camera and policing bills on &#8216;serious force&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4479074\/national-guard-deployment-new-orleans-extension\/\">National Guard deployment in New Orleans extended through August<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4478529\/georgia-jury-convicts-school-shooter-father-colin-gray-rare-murder-case\/\">Georgia jury convicts school shooter&rsquo;s father in rare murder case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Benson said both Walz and Ellison need to &ldquo;lose their jobs&rdquo; over the state&rsquo;s massive fraud.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/4474736\/football-town-captures-exceptionalism-region-nation\/\"><strong>SALENA ZITO: THE FOOTBALL TOWN CAPTURES THE EXCEPTIONALISM OF A REGION AND A NATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The governor, the attorney general, they presided over this, they allowed this, to some extent, to happen, they coddled the people who are guilty, and I think we just have the tip of the iceberg on that,&rdquo; Benson said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>The Bottom Line<\/em>. &ldquo;This was enabled by the Walz-Ellison administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3411574&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=745b21428e1a23dbed75a65a9249edea\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;And you look at the hockey stick-style increase in all of this fraud under their watch, that&rsquo;s not some strange coincidence,&rdquo; Benson said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4474879\/trump-mamdani-white-house-housing-alliance\/\"><strong>TRUMP AND MAMDANI&rsquo;S UNLIKELY POLITICAL ALLIANCE: &lsquo;A NEW YORK CITY SOAP OPERA&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benson added that Democrats at the hearing &ldquo;seemed desperately&rdquo; want to turn it into a &ldquo;hate-fest&rdquo; on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4480315\/sanctuary-cities-declined-thousands-requests-illegal-immigrants-ice-2025\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>. He said this has &ldquo;nothing&rdquo; to do with Minnesota&rsquo;s fraud, and was simply &ldquo;deflection.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.,left, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, listen during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on oversight of fraud and misuse of Federal funds in Minnesota, Wed., March 4, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4477967\/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-medicaid-funding-pause\/\"><strong>MINNESOTA SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER MEDICAID FUNDING PAUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4473579\/tim-walz-antifraud-legislation-medicaid-funding-minnesota\/\">Walz unveiled proposals for antifraud legislation last week<\/a> that provide better detection and oversight, strengthen investigative and enforcement authority, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lawmakers-pass-bill-that-would-make-blocking-emergency-vehicles-a-felony\/\" title=\"Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill That Would Make Blocking Emergency Vehicles a Felony\">increase criminal penalties<\/a>. These proposals come after Vice President JD Vance said the administration would pause $259.5 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of states nationwide gave more than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4473709\/states-gave-millions-medicaid-dollars-to-scheming-service-providers\/\">$380 million in Medicaid funds to medical providers<\/a> who were later caught defrauding the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federally funded program<\/a>. The findings, which came to light as the Trump administration cracks down on healthcare fraud, are based on recently released Health and Human Services records documenting provider-level Medicaid payments from January 2018 to December 2024, according to a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> analysis of Medicaid spending data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paraphrase:<br \/>\nWashington Examiner columnist Guy Benson argued that Minnesota\u2019s leadership allowed and protected those behind the state\u2019s fraud scheme. Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testified before the House Oversight Committee and acknowledged Minnesota is facing a fraud crisis affecting federally funded social services, including the Feeding Our Future $250 million nutrition scheme and suspected abuses in Medicaid, autism services, child care assistance, and housing. Benson urged that Walz and Ellison should resign, saying the administration presided over and tolerated the fraud and that fraud increased dramatically under their watch. He criticized Democrats for trying to turn the hearing into a debate over immigration enforcement, calling it a distraction from Minnesota\u2019s fraud issues. Walz proposed anti-fraud legislation to improve detection, oversight, enforcement powers, and penalties. The proposals follow claims by Vice President JD Vance that Medicaid funding to Minnesota could be paused. The broader context notes that dozens of states paid out Medicaid funds to providers later found to have defrauded the program, based on Health and Human Services records covering 2018\u20132024.<\/p>\n<p>55-character headline (within limit):<br \/>\nBenson: Walz-Ellison Enabled Minnesota Fraud Scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2576409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26063558846038-e1772718333999.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13137,39754,75135,37326,38323],"class_list":["post-2576408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ellison","tag-fraud-allegations","tag-guy-benson-2","tag-minnesota-politics","tag-walz-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26063558846038-e1772718333999.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576412,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576408\/revisions\/2576412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2576408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2576408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}