Whistleblowers Testify Against Walz in Fraud Case

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• Whistleblowers from Minnesota’s state government are providing sworn testimony alleging Gov. Tim Walz ignored warnings about large-scale fraud.
• House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says these whistleblowers faced significant retaliation for coming forward, including threats to their employment and benefits.
• Federal investigators have uncovered indictments and substantial taxpayer fraud, some involving the state’s Somali community, under Walz’s administration.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer stated that whistleblowers are cooperating with investigators and offering affidavits under oath about efforts to alert the Walz administration to massive taxpayer fraud.

“That my friend should be enough for criminal charges. The man should be in cuffs,” Emmer said.

Governor Walz denies any wrongdoing and asserts he did not ignore fraud warnings, despite accusations from several Republican state legislators.

Emmer claims the retaliation against whistleblowers included threats of blacklisting and loss of benefits.

“Threatening to blackball you from any future employment, threatening to take away your health benefits, threatening to take away your retirement benefits, and the list goes on,” Emmer explained.

The fraud investigations have resulted in more than 90 indictments and exposed significant losses in both food and housing assistance programs during Walz’s tenure.

Emmer highlighted that improper payments and assistance reached millions of dollars, including fraudulent benefit payouts to deceased individuals.

He said, “The HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced he’s uncovered up to $84 million in eligible assistance during Biden’s final year, including …. improper assistance to 509 dead tenants. You got food, nutrition, housing, autism, Medicaid programs have all been defrauded under Tim Walz and Keith Ellison during seven years in office.”

Three Republican state legislators testified that whistleblowers were silenced and retaliated against for reporting fraud to the Walz administration, and that protocols were changed to hide criminal activity.

State Rep. Marion Rarick described widespread fear among state employees about reporting fraud, supported by accounts from more than 1,000 current and former staff across multiple agencies.

“They have explained that they live in a constant state of fear of retaliation,” Rarick told the House committee.

An example cited was Faye Bernstein, who after reporting questionable contracting practices, was removed from her position and transferred.

Bernstein now considers reporting fraud openly as “career suicide.”

Other whistleblowers reported threats of being fired with cause, being blacklisted from state work, and even veiled threats of surveillance.

State employees found personal information, including photos and questions about their families, in personnel files after speaking out.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan publicly disparaged the group of whistleblowers who exposed these issues.

If you value exposing government wrongdoing and supporting those who fight fraud, now is the time to stay informed and demand accountability from your representatives.

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