The House Oversight Committee is expanding its investigation into alleged large-scale fraud in Minnesota, with federal lawmakers preparing to hear sworn testimony from state employees, local officials, and lawmakers as questions intensify about what state leaders knew and when they knew it.
During a Fox News segment, correspondent Aishah Hasnie outlined the growing federal role in the case, noting that the Oversight Committee is widening its probe and coordinating with other agencies.
“Now the federal government is getting involved here, House Oversight Committee. It’s widening its probe, inviting state lawmakers to come testify, and other federal departments to investigate,” Hasnie said.
“So let’s bring in now chairman James Comer, he leads the charge over at oversight, and he joins us now. Good morning to you. Tell us about who you’re bringing in, who you want to see on Capitol Hill, and what questions do you want to ask them?”
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said the investigation will begin with state whistleblowers who publicly raised concerns about fraud weeks ago.
According to Comer, those employees allege they warned Minnesota leadership for years without action being taken.
“Well, the most important people are the state whistleblowers, the state employees who put that tweet out that we all are familiar with a few weeks ago that alerted America to the massive fraud,” Comer said.
“These state employees also allege that they had warned both Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison, for years that this fraud was occurring and yet nothing was taking place.”
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Comer said the committee plans to obtain sworn testimony from those employees and broaden the inquiry to include local officials across Minnesota.
“So we’re going to bring the state employees in. We’re going to get their sworn testimony. We appreciate their bravery in coming forward,” Comer said.
“We’re also going to bring in state lawmakers and Minnesota mayors, because the walls are caving in on Tim Walz this, this massive amount of fraud is affecting and impacting every citizen of Minnesota because they’re having to cut services because so much of the money for social programs was wasted and defrauded by this Somali population.”
According to Comer, investigators intend to trace where the money went and determine who bears responsibility.
“So these are the people we’re going to bring in. We’re going to try to identify who was responsible for this. We’re going to try to identify banks that we can subpoena their bank records so we can follow the money to see how much was taken, who took it, and then who do we need to hold accountable?” Comer said.
“And hopefully we’ll have some criminal referrals at the end of the investigation.”
Hasnie then raised questions about how such alleged fraud could continue without detection, citing commentary from the Wall Street Journal and comments from House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who has said there is no way Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz or his administration were unaware.
“What is so fascinating about this Chairman comer is how no one knew, or did they know?” Hasnie said.
“You know, your whip, Tom Emmer, says there’s no way that Governor Tim Walz didn’t know, or somebody in his administration didn’t have an inkling that there was something going on. Do you agree with that? And how do you prove that?”
Comer said concerns about fraud have circulated in Minnesota for years and were discussed long before the recent whistleblower disclosures.
“I agree completely,” Comer said. “Look, Tom Emmer was a state legislator in Minnesota before he came here, he has the pulse of Minnesota. He communicates regularly with Minnesota state legislators and Minnesota State employees. They’ve been talking about this for years.”
He also referenced past warnings from former Minnesota lawmakers.
“There was a congressman that came in from Minnesota when I came in nine years ago to Congress named Jason Lewis. He was talking about the massive fraud from the Somali population nine years ago,” Comer said.
Comer argued that media coverage in the state failed to scrutinize Democratic leadership, delaying broader public awareness of the issue.
“The Minnesota media is very liberal, so they’re never going to write anything bad about a beloved Democrat like Tim Walz or Keith Ellison,” Comer said.
“So finally, the state employees have stepped forward publicly and talked about this massive amount of fraud, and I can tell you from our preliminary discussions with these state employees, it is a significant amount of money.”
Hasnie asked whether Comer believes Walz should resign.
“Should the governor resign? Are you calling on him to resign?” she asked.
Comer said the investigation is still in its early stages and emphasized due process.
“Well, not yet. He deserves due process, and we’re going to give him due process,” Comer said.
He rejected Walz’s recent comments suggesting the Oversight Committee did not need to intervene.
“One of the things he said in the last 48 hours was that the Oversight Committee didn’t need to worry about this investigation, that he would take care of it. I mean, no one in America believes that that is that is a joke.”
Comer said whistleblower testimony will drive the inquiry forward.
“We are going to investigate this. The key to a good Congressional investigation is having whistleblowers, and fortunately for us, we have some state employees who have bravely stepped forward,” Comer said.
“We’re going to get them under oath, and they’re going to tell us everything they know, and we’re going to go from there, wherever the investigation leads us, we will go.”
He added that the findings could be disturbing for taxpayers.
“But I think at the end of the day, the American taxpayers, and especially the taxpayers in Minnesota, are going to be sick at their stomach, and Tim Walz is going to have a lot of explaining to do,” Comer said.
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🚨 BREAKING: Rep. James Comer is going to draft CRIMINAL REFERRALS in the Minnesota Somali fraud scandal
He’s inviting credible Minnesota whistleblowers to testify UNDER OATH before Congress. Subpoenas will also go out to banks.
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