‘He had years to stop this’: GOP lawmakers blast Walz over massive Minnesota fraud scheme
As Minneapolis continues to deal with the fallout of a massive fraud scandal likely amounting to over $1 billion, Fox News Digital spoke to three Republican lawmakers in the state...
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As Minneapolis continues to deal with the fallout of a massive fraud scandal likely amounting to over $1 billion, Fox News Digital spoke to three Republican lawmakers in the state who explained their belief that Gov. Tim Walz deserves much of the blame. "I would say the number one culprit in the fraud going on here in Minnesota is our executive," state Sen. Julia Coleman, who represents Carver County in southwest Minneapolis, told Fox News Digital. "Governor Tim Walz is in charge of making sure that the taxpayers' dollars are protected." Minneapolis has been at the center of controversy in recent weeks over a massive fraud scheme dating back to at least 2020 that permeated several departments and several nonprofits ranging from childcare services, to COVID-19 relief, to autism care, and is believed by many to eventually eclipse $1 billion in wasted state and federal taxpayer funds. ‘SCHEMES STACKED UPON SCHEMES’: $1B PUBLIC BENEFITS FRAUD FUELS SCRUTINY OF MINNESOTA’S SOMALI COMMUNITY "He had years to stop this," Coleman said about Walz, who has faced increasing backlash for not taking swift action to investigate the fraud. He said the governor "only seems to care now that it’s getting national attention." State Rep. Mark Koran, who represents Minnesota’s District 28 in eastern Minnesota, told Fox News Digital the "scale and scope" of the fraud is "almost incomprehensible" and that the buck stops with Walz. " You have to look at who's been solely in charge of that process, which has been Governor Walz," Koran said. "The executive body controls every agency. And I think what to understand is how they are either extraordinarily incompetent or willfully complicit. There are no alternatives to it. And I think they're actually both." EXPERT REVEALS KEY FACTOR THAT LED TO MASSIVE MINNESOTA FRAUD SCHEME In addition to facing overall blame due to the governor overseeing all the agencies involved in the fraud, Walz has faced criticism for his specific response to the Feedin…