Rep. Meuser to Newsmax: Walz’s Ignorance No Excuse for Fraud

Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., called the Minnesota fraud scandal a historic failure of leadership under Gov. Tim Walz, telling Newsmax on Wednesday that more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds were siphoned off while the governor ignored years of warnings.

Meuser said on “National Report” that while Walz might not have personally engineered the massive fraud, there is no credible way the governor could have been unaware.

Meuser argued that political considerations — including reluctance to “offend a voting bloc within Minnesota” — kept Walz from acting.

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