Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Tuesday that his House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform could ultimately recommend criminal charges against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and possibly state Attorney General Keith Ellison if whistleblower allegations about widespread social services fraud prove accurate.
Comer told “Finnerty” the committee is reviewing what he described as alarming accounts from government employees who claim Walz and Ellison, both Democrats, were alerted to large-scale fraud inside Minnesota’s Department of Human Services but “made the decision not to do anything about it” to avoid political fallout.
“If what the whistleblowers are saying is true, and we can prove that, which shouldn’t be hard, then I do see criminal charges being brought upon Gov. Walz and possibly Attorney General Ellison,” Comer said.
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