ICYMI - On Thursday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-mo.)  grilled   Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for cooperating with fraudsters in his state and called for him to resign. Senator Hawley questioned  Ellison, “You are familiar with the $9 billion in historic fraud out of your state, including the $250 million in the Feeding Our Future program alone?” “I am familiar with it,”  Ellison responded. “Because the people who ran the Feeding Our Future program came to you in

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer publicly accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday of lying about a 2021 meeting with later-convicted Somali fraudsters.

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing titled “ Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II.”  The Committee is continuing to investigate how criminals in Minnesota have ripped off an estimated $9 billion in taxpayer funds meant to feed children, provide housing for low-income and disabled Americans, and deliver critical healthcare to the vulnerable. During today’s hearing, lawmakers emphasized that whi