Comer says ‘walls are caving in’ on Walz as Minnesota fraud probe widens
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The expanding federal investigation into Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal has drawn whistleblowers, mayors and state lawmakers amid increased scrutiny on state officials, House Oversight Chairman James Comer told Fox News on Tuesday.
“The walls are closing in on Tim Walz,” Comer said on “America’s Newsroom.”
“This tremendous amount of fraud impacts and affects every citizen of Minnesota because they are forced to cut services because so much of the money allocated to social programs is wasted and defrauded by the Somali people.”
Comer and other Republicans have recently focused on the scandal, which dates back to at least 2020 and involves fraudulent billing for a wide range of government services, mostly involving but not limited to the state’s Somali community.
WHEN THE FED SAID THE FRUDING CRISIS IN MINNESOTA COULD REACH 9 BILLION DOLLARS, THE MEDIA ACCUSED ‘HELPFULNESS’: ‘SHOWED ITS TRUE COLORS’
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, speaks to the media in Washington, D.C., on July 24 (left); Tim Walz speaks onstage during the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival at the Austin Convention Center on March 8 in Austin, Texas. (Right) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (left); Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images (right))
Comer said his committee is now coordinating with federal agencies and plans to subpoena records and testimony as it tries to figure out where the money went and who might be responsible.
Although Comer continued to criticize Walz’s handling of the situation throughout his appearance, he stopped short of calling for him to resign.
“He deserves due process and we will give him due process,” he said.
“One of the things he’s said in the last 48 hours is that the Oversight Committee doesn’t need to worry about this investigation, he’ll handle it. Nobody in America believes this… We’ll investigate it.”
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THAT WALZ SHOULD TESTIFY AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MAJOR FRAUD UNDER HIS OVERSIGHT.
On the opening day of the 2024 session of the Minnesota Legislature on Monday, February 12, 2024, in St. The sun is shining on the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Steve Karnowski/Associated Press)
“The key to a good congressional investigation is to have informants. And fortunately for us, we have some government employees who bravely come forward. We’ll put them under oath and they’ll tell us everything they know. We’ll go from there,” he continued.
Just 100 Minnesota mayors, along with state representatives and senators, penned a letter to Walz on Monday, writing in part: “Fraud, out-of-control spending, and inconsistent fiscal management in St. Paul have seeped into our cities… Our state owes it to our citizens to practice responsible fiscal management and stop taxing our families, seniors, and businesses outside Minnesota.”
Running Walz He took responsibility for the third term in his last statements to journalists:
“This is on my watch. I’m responsible for this. More importantly, I’m the one who’s going to fix it,” he said.
But Walz questioned whether federal prosecutors’ accusations that the fraud could total billions of dollars were politically motivated.
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“You should be equally outraged at $1 or whatever that number is, but they’re using that number without any evidence behind it,” Walz said. “But it doesn’t really help us to guess or make statements about what that number means in terms of sensationalism.”
A spokesman for Walz criticized the fraud investigation in a released statement. Minnesota Stars Tribune.
“This is clearly a coordinated political attack to silence one of the President’s most vocal critics. The Governor takes fraud seriously and wishes they would, too.”
Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
