{"id":2577776,"date":"2026-03-09T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gop-rep-roasts-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-and-state-ag-keith-ellison-over-massive-fraud-scandal-point-by-point\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:04:23","slug":"watch-gop-rep-roasts-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-and-state-ag-keith-ellison-over-massive-fraud-scandal-point-by-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gop-rep-roasts-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-and-state-ag-keith-ellison-over-massive-fraud-scandal-point-by-point\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: GOP Rep Roasts Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz And State AG Keith Ellison over Massive Fraud Scandal Point by Point"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fwatch-gop-rep-roasts-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-and-state-ag-keith-ellison-over-massive-fraud-scandal-point-by-point%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=2577776&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>A House Oversight Committee hearing is described in which Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Tim Burchett, grilled Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison about alleged fraud and misuse of federal funds under Walz\u2019s management, and about retaliation toward whistleblowers. Burchett cites testimonies from more than 30 whistleblowers who alleged retaliation, while Walz denies knowledge of such retaliation and Ellison notes that his office lacks jurisdiction to prosecute certain cases. The exchange includes questions about restitution and why some fraud-related entities were allowed to dissolve without charges or recovered funds, with Walz and Ellison defending their positions. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlights broader partisan contention<\/a>, including a video of a highway-safety dispute with Rep. Scott Perry pressing Walz over a law governing CDL licenses for undocumented immigrants and presenting related videos. Throughout, the piece weaves in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> and embedded media, such as a YouTube interview excerpt and tweets, to illustrate the rhetoric surrounding the hearing. the report portrays the event as a heated, partisan scrutiny of Minnesota officials over fraud oversight and whistleblower concerns, supplemented by media clips and commentary.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett and his Republican colleagues fiercely grilled Minnesota&rsquo;s top two chiefs about their alleged complicity in fraud and misuse of federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>During a House Oversight Hearing on Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison repeatedly failed to explain why so much fraud occurred under their oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett for his part sought to stress that the committee had already interviewed over 30 whistleblowers, many of whom alleged to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rep-gill-pummels-gov-walz-somali-fraud-forces-walz-desert-staff-faster-deserted-army-unit-2005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered retaliation<\/a> for speaking out against the Walz administration.<\/p>\n<p>His grilling of Walz began gently.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUyvr9gUTW8?si=_yyiX_fx5doSa-LQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Have you ever used taxpayer funds, directly or indirectly, to take action against individuals suspected of disclosing potential wrongdoing within a government entity?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have not,&rdquo; Walz answered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, almost 30 whistleblowers accused you and your administration of retaliation,&rdquo; Burchett pushed back, upping the ante. &ldquo;Would you say that&rsquo;s a conspiracy?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t speak to what they said,&rdquo; Walz replied, sticking to his script.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Okay, are you aware of reports alleging state officials have engaged in retaliation against whistleblowers?&rdquo; Burchett promptly fired back, tightening the noose.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not specifically, no,&rdquo; Walz alleged.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re not aware of that? When 30 have come forward?&rdquo; Burchett said in disbelief. &ldquo;A whistleblower told our office that her supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services threatened to make her job difficult. And the supervisor that did that later received a promotion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Next up was Burchett&rsquo;s grilling of Ellison, who was notorious for not demanding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minnesota-ag-keith-ellison-feels-heat-fraud-hearing-dc-go-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">return of stolen money<\/a> from fraudsters like Partners in Nutrition (d\/b\/a Partners in Quality Care) and Youth Leadership Academy (d\/b\/a Gar Gaar Family Services).<\/p>\n<p>Burchett demanded to know why he&rsquo;d allowed them to &ldquo;settle&rdquo; without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgraced-lawyer-reality-tv-celebrity-sentenced-1-scam-involved-airplane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paying any restitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why did you not prosecute Partners in Quality Care or the Gar-Gar Family Services?&rdquo; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-response-to-bidens-decline-disqualifies-her-for-presidency\/\" title=\"Harris&#039; response to Biden&#039;s decline disqualifies her for presidency\">office doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t have jurisdiction to prosecute in those cases,&rdquo; Ellison replied.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You allowed them to dissolve, but no one was prosecuted,&rdquo; Burchett pushed back. &ldquo;And PIQC is accused of $300 million in fraud as significant assets, yet no charges and no attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biogen-finalizes-900-million-drug-kickback-settlement-u-s-says\/\" title=\"Biogen finalizes 0 million drug kickback settlement, U.S. says\">recover taxpayer money<\/a>: I&rsquo;ll remind you all, $19 billion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was a state legislator, and I can remember when our state budget was $19 billion. This is money that&rsquo;s been stolen, and it will not be recovered. And you all are to blame. And every dadgum one of you all ought to step down,&rdquo; he added before ending his time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PRESIDENT TRUMP: &ldquo;When it comes to the corruption&hellip; no more stunning example than Minnesota, where members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am officially announcing the war on fraud&hellip;&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JiL18umxzk\">pic.twitter.com\/JiL18umxzk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Straka #WalkAway (@BrandonStraka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandonStraka\/status\/2026500361281065068?\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later during the hearing, Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry took a few of his own shots at Walz over his state&rsquo;s history of handing out CDL licenses to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-bring-illegal-aliens-state-union-guests-degrading-safety-trump-everyone-present\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal aliens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What are you going to do to rectify the law that you signed that allows people here illegally to get a CDL?&rdquo; he asked the governor.<\/p>\n<p>He also showed a video of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-american-says-foreign-truck-driver-nailed-truck-parking-attempt-caught-insane-aftermath-video-graphic-language-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">truck being driven<\/a> in the wrong lane.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t want to protect the people in your state, I guess that&rsquo;s your business and the business of your voters, but that driver was driving in Missouri, and if he&rsquo;d have hit a bunch of people, quite honestly, to me, you could&rsquo;ve been held liable,&rdquo; Perry continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, Minnesota ranks in the top three safest states by highway data from your own departments,&rdquo; Walz replied. &ldquo;The data from the Department of Transportation for highway safety &hellip; We want everybody on our roads to be licensed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Perry dismissed Waltz&rsquo; highway &ldquo;data&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-furious-dems-demand-know-guest-list-mysterious-trump-golf-club-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded to know<\/a> if he was &ldquo;okay&rdquo; with incidents like the one depicted in the video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; WATCH: A Missouri driver encountered a illegal alien driving the wrong way for miles on Highway 61, narrowly avoiding a head-on crash before the truck sped off southbound.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ePBaF5jHAY\">pic.twitter.com\/ePBaF5jHAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/2026744231318962442?\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Waltz repeatedly asserted that he wasn&rsquo;t, but Perry remained unconvinced.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But you signed this law that allows for that! 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Tim Burchett and other Republicans aggressively questioned Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison about alleged fraud and the misuse of federal funds under their watch. Walz and Ellison repeatedly couldn\u2019t fully explain why fraud was so prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett highlighted more than 30 whistleblowers who claimed retaliation for speaking out against the Walz administration. The questioning of Walz began softly but grew more pointed as Burchett pressed about retaliation and even floated the idea of a conspiracy, to which Walz offered limited responses.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett then turned to Ellison, challenging why he hadn\u2019t prosecuted fraudsters like Partners in Nutrition and Gar-Gar Family Services. Ellison said his office lacked jurisdiction to prosecute those cases. Burchett argued that those entities dissolved without restitution and that billions in fraud had occurred, calling for accountability and resignations.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing also included a clip of a Trump comment about Minnesota corruption. Later, Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry challenged Walz on a state law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain CDLs, showing a video of a dangerous driving incident. 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