Home Republicans despatched a subpoena to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 operating mate, over his administration’s dealing with of taxpayer funds throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The subpoenas, despatched by the Home Training and Workforce Committee, heart on a $250 million fraud scheme by a Minnesota-based nonprofit known as Feeding Our Future, which the Division of Justice (DOJ) beforehand accused of getting “exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Feeding Our Future was accused of defrauding a federal program to feed hungry kids by creating faux attendance rosters with the names and ages of youngsters who don’t exist and falsifying invoices to painting meals purchases to feed these kids.
A minimum of 70 folks had been charged in connection to the scheme, and 5 have been discovered responsible.
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was hit with a Home GOP subpoena. (Scott Eisen)
Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., wrote in a letter to accompany Walz’s subpoena, “As the chief executive and the highest ranking official in the state of Minnesota, you are responsible for the [Minnesota Department of Education] and its administration of [Federal Child Nutrition Programs].”
“Statements in the press by you and your representatives indicate that you and other executive officers were involved, or had knowledge of, MDE’s administration of the FCNP and responsibilities and actions regarding the massive fraud,” Foxx wrote.
Along with concentrating on Walz, Foxx additionally despatched subpoenas to Minnesota Commissioner of Training Willie Jett and Biden administration Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
Home Training and Workforce Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C, despatched the subpoena. (Invoice Clark)
A spokeswoman for Walz advised Fox Information Digital in response to the subpoena, “This was an appalling abuse of a federal COVID-era program. The state department of education worked diligently to stop the fraud, and we’re grateful to the FBI for working with the department of education to arrest and charge the individuals involved.”
Previous native reporting signifies Walz’s administration did take steps to research and account for the large fraud scheme. The Sahan Journal reported that the MDE contacted the FBI about suspected fraud by the nonprofit in April 2021.
The identical report signifies the MDE resumed funding to the 26 nonprofits working with Feeding Our Future the following month however rejected purposes from the group for brand spanking new meals websites.
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Home Republicans have heightened their scrutiny into Walz – each his administration and his private previous – since he was named Democrats’ vice presidential candidate final month.
The Home Oversight Committee beforehand opened an investigation into Walz’s connections to China.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Harris-Walz marketing campaign for remark.
