Overview
- Lawmakers opened a House Oversight hearing where Chairman James Comer accused Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison of negligence or complicity, while Democrats warned against cutting aid to eligible families.
- The Justice Department said it will deploy additional federal prosecutors to Minnesota as probes widen across Medicaid-linked services and pandemic-era child nutrition programs.
- Ellison blasted the hearing and defended his office’s work, pointing to more than 300 Medicaid-fraud convictions and over $70 million recovered, and characterized the GOP push as political theater.
- Federal authorities have charged 92 people and secured 62 convictions so far across schemes including the Feeding Our Future case, which siphoned roughly $250 million, with total losses under review and estimates running as high as $9 billion.
- Political consequences intensified as Walz ended his reelection bid and vowed not to resign, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she is seriously considering a gubernatorial run, and Republicans moved to capitalize on Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate race.