House oversight committee sets date for Tim Walz to testify on Minnesota fraud

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) will testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 4 as part of the panel’s second hearing regarding the Minnesota fraud scandal, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced Friday.

Walz will testify alongside Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Walz and Ellison have faced immense pressure over the fraud that was reported in several state health services programs, with most of the defendants being of Somali descent.

“Americans deserve answers about the rampant misuse of taxpayer dollars in Minnesota’s social services programs that occurred on Governor Walz’s and Attorney General Ellison’s watch,” Comer said in a statement. “The House Oversight Committee recently heard sworn testimony from Minnesota state lawmakers who stated that Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison failed to act