{"id":2596471,"date":"2026-04-29T06:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-skips-state-oversight-hearing-on-fraud-prevention\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:07:06","slug":"walz-skips-state-oversight-hearing-on-fraud-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-skips-state-oversight-hearing-on-fraud-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz skips state oversight hearing on fraud prevention"},"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\">16<\/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-skips-state-oversight-hearing-on-fraud-prevention%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=2596471&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>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) did not appear at a House oversight hearing on Tuesday about fraud in the state\u2019s taxpayer-funded childcare programs,and lawmakers said they tried reaching him for more than a month. They met anyway to discuss allegations involving federally subsidized Child Care Assistance Programs,including service providers searched that morning in Minneapolis as part of a broader federal fraud examination. Committee Republicans criticized Walz\u2019s handling of the issue, pointing to prior audits and legislative auditor reports from 2019 and saying the investigation and alleged abuse have continued for years.<\/p>\n<p>The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-considering-using-military-base-near-chicago-for-deportation-efforts\/\" title=\"Trump administration considering using military base near Chicago for deportation efforts\">notes ongoing political tension<\/a>: Walz reportedly declined the committee\u2019s invitation despite being at the state Capitol, while he pushed back on related impeachment efforts and dismissed claims that lawmakers were trying to oust him instead of doing work. Walz later claimed credit for the Tuesday raids, saying state oversight referrals led to action, which drew a response from FBI Director Kash Patel, who said federal, DOJ, and DHS partners drafted and executed the warrants.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Tim-Walz\/\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) was a no-show at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a> House oversight hearing on Tuesday about how his administration is actively combating <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fraud\/\">fraud<\/a> in the state\u2019s taxpayer-funded childcare services, notably declining to testify on the same day that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FBI\/\">FBI<\/a> raided nearly two dozen facilities in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Minneapolis\/\">Minneapolis<\/a>, including daycares, suspected of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stealing federal public assistance funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers on the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee noted that they reached out to Walz more than a month ago, followed up multiple times, and that he had his \u201cpick of dates\u201d to choose from.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4545760\/fbi-raid-minneapolis-facilities-fraud-probe\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>FBI raids nearly two dozen Minneapolis facilities as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-comey-indicted-for-a-second-time\/\" title=\"James Comey indicted for a second time\">sweeping fraud investigation<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544905\/is-secret-service-to-blame-dinner-shooting-chaos\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Is Secret Service to blame for White House dinner shooting chaos?<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4544533\/whca-suspect-tied-left-wing-activist-group-wide-awakes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WHCA dinner suspect tied to left-wing activist group the Wide Awakes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThis is incredibly frustrating,\u201d said Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins, the committee\u2019s GOP chairwoman. \u201cThe governor\u2019s decision-making over the last seven years since the first [Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor] reports on [state Child Care Assistance Program] fraud came out in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.house.mn.gov\/comm\/docs\/WXQt6tNptkyD501Hoz8FLA.pdf\">March<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.house.mn.gov\/comm\/docs\/N4E4kDzY4kaC0DOYFCFaFQ.pdf\">April<\/a> of 2019 \u2014 early in his administration \u2014 should be addressed by the governor before our committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The fraud prevention committee convened anyway on Tuesday afternoon to discuss fraud in Minnesota\u2019s federally subsidized Child Care Assistance Programs, following the 22 service providers operating out of Minneapolis who were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4545760\/fbi-raid-minneapolis-facilities-fraud-probe\/\">searched that morning<\/a> as part of a sweeping federal fraud investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say that purported autism support sites and Somali-owned daycares, including the infamously misspelled \u201cQuality Learing Center\u201d identified by blogger Nick Shirley in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nickshirleyy\/status\/2004642794862961123\">a viral video<\/a> late last year, were among the bogus businesses targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding how this happened is critical so we get a handle on it,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cAs we see in the news today, this is not over. This has not been stopped. This has been going on for years, and we still have not finished the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Committee members said that following weeks of no response from the governor\u2019s office regarding whether he would attend, Walz formally declined the committee\u2019s invitation on the eve of the oversight hearing, despite reportedly being at the Minnesota state Capitol building all day Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he\u2019s available today,\u201d Robbins said at Tuesday\u2019s committee meeting. \u201cHe\u2019s probably in the basement or somewhere in this building because tonight is the State of the State Address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walz is scheduled to deliver his eighth and final State of the State Address to the Minnesota legislature on Tuesday evening. The remarks are considered a quasi-farewell speech from Walz, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4406585\/total-failure-tim-walz-drops-minnesota-reelection-mixed-reaction\/\">withdrew his bid<\/a> for a third term amid mounting scrutiny over how he handled the state\u2019s fraud crisis.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3904631\/walz-appointees-failed-to-stop-rampant-minnesota-fraud\/\"><strong>THESE ARE THE WALZ APPOINTEES WHO FAILED TO STOP RAMPANT MINNESOTA FRAUD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he\u2019s not on <em>Jimmy Kimmel<\/em>,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cHe\u2019s not in Spain at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/4536225\/tim-walz-defeatist-disgrace\/\">a global mobilization conference<\/a>. He is somewhere here in this building declining to join us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walz previously claimed that Republican lawmakers were conspiring in the basement of the Minnesota state Capitol to oust him instead of working on important legislation before the session ends in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would just encourage those legislators to maybe get out of the basement of the Capitol, where they\u2019re putting on a little play,\u201d Walz said at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/kstp-news\/top-news\/effort-to-impeach-walz-ellison-fails-on-tie-vote-in-minnesota-house-committee\/\">an earlier April event<\/a> in response to an impeachment resolution introduced against him.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/94\/2026\/0\/HR\/6\/versions\/0\/\">resolution<\/a>, sponsored by state House Republicans, accused Walz of \u201cknowingly concealing or permitting others to conceal widespread fraud within Minnesota state-administered programs despite repeated warnings, audits, reports, and public indicators of systematic abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalk about a waste of time,\u201d Walz said of the impeachment effort. \u201cI\u2019m gone in eight months. Just get over it and move on and do some work for your constituents that you were elected to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walz <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546514\/kash-patel-tim-walz-minnesota-federal-raids\/\">claimed credit<\/a> for Tuesday\u2019s raids, saying that they were only carried out thanks to referrals from state oversight officials.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4364152\/walz-allies-led-state-agencies-alleged-somali-daycare-fraud\/\"><strong>WALZ ALLIES LED STATE AGENCIES THAT OVERSAW MASSIVE ALLEGED SOMALI DAY CARE FRAUD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s raids by state and federal law enforcement happened because our state agencies caught irregular behavior and reported it,\u201d Walz wrote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/2049153096358481927\">on X<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s how the system is supposed to work, and our agencies will keep at it as long as there are fraudsters around to put behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\">Kash Patel<\/a> called out Walz for attributing the raids to state anti-fraud enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome again?\u201d Patel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546514\/kash-patel-tim-walz-minnesota-federal-raids\/\">fired back<\/a> in a social media statement. \u201cThis FBI and DOJ with our DHS partners drafted and executed every search warrant today. But go ahead and take credit for our work while we smoke out the fraud plaguing Minnesota under your governorship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Walz\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walz skipped a Minnesota fraud oversight hearing as FBI raided nearly two-dozen childcare facilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2596472,"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\/2025\/12\/AP25364858485345.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34382,43425,37840,37326,36113],"class_list":["post-2596471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-security","tag-fraud-prevention","tag-government-oversight","tag-minnesota-politics","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25364858485345.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596471","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\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596475,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596471\/revisions\/2596475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}