Minnesota Pandemic Fraud Oversight

Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testified at a House hearing on fraud, where Rep. Jim Jordan cited a 2022 statement by Ramsey County Judge John Guthmann saying he never ordered the Minnesota Department of Education to resume reimbursements to Feeding Our Future and accused Walz of trying to "hide behind" a supposed court order. Walz told the committee his earlier remarks reflected what agency attorneys believed at the time and characterized the matter as a misinterpretation, and the hearing came amid DOJ and House Oversight figures noting dozens of related charges — including a DOJ announcement of the 78th Feeding Our Future defendant and a count of 98 defendants charged in Minnesota fraud‑related cases, 85 of whom are of Somali descent.