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Vice President J.D. Vance said he is referring Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Justice Department for a criminal fraud investigation involving federal dollars sent to social service programs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMinnesota state officials are not above the law and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew or harassed and intimidated whistleblowers, they must face Justice,\u201d Mr. Vance wrote Monday on X.<\/p>\n

Mr. Vance, the administration\u2019s fraud czar, said he was making the referral after reviewing the findings from the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n

The committee\u2019s report, published Monday, alleges that Mr. Walz and Mr. Ellison were \u201caware of widespread taxpayer fraud in federally funded social programs for years\u201d and did not take steps to stop it.<\/p>\n

An estimated $300 million in federal child nutrition funds and potentially $9 billion in Medicaid-related funds were \u201clost\u201d or placed at \u201cserious risk,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, potentially billions of American taxpayer dollars were allowed to flow to fraudulent actors, while vulnerable populations were harmed and whistleblowers were ignored, sidelined and retaliated against,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n

Mr. Walz and Mr. Ellison, both Democrats, did not respond to requests for comments.<\/p>\n

Both have insisted they did nothing wrong, and Mr. Walz has labeled the fraud investigations as political retribution and called the White House\u2019s efforts to stop fraud as \u201cabsolutely not serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota,\u201d Mr. Walz said earlier this year on X.<\/p>\n

The committee wrote a letter on Sunday urging Mr. Vance to review Minnesota\u2019s social service programs.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Vance was named head of the White House\u2019s anti-fraud task force in February after President Trump declared \u201cwar on fraud\u201d in his State of the Union address. Shortly after the announcement, the White House paused $259.5 million in Medicaid funds to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Mr. Walz responded with legislation that bolstered penalties for public fraud and extended the statute of limitations to seven years for certain fraud-related crimes.<\/p>\n

Mr. Walz, the 2024 Democratic nominee for vice president, announced in January he won\u2019t seek reelection for governor amid the fraud scandal.<\/p>\n

Minnesota came under federal scrutiny this year after allegations of fraud involving Somali-run daycare centers. The state said in January that the childcare facilities at the center of those allegations were properly operating.<\/p>\n

Federal law enforcement agencies in April conducted a series of raids related to allegations of welfare fraud under what the Department of Homeland Security said were search warrants \u201crelating to the rampant fraud of American taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Walz hailed the raids, which were carried out alongside authorities in Minnesota, saying that people who commit fraud in the North Star State will get caught.<\/p>\n

The referral marks the second time the Trump Justice Department opened an investigation into Mr. Walz.<\/p>\n

In January, the DOJ launched a probe into Mr. Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging they conspired to impede federal immigration enforcement through public statements. The investigation came after immigration officers surged into Minneapolis, leading to protests and federal agents\u2019 killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.<\/p>\n

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