Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett and his Republican colleagues fiercely grilled Minnesota’s top two chiefs about their alleged complicity in fraud and misuse of federal funds.
During a House Oversight Hearing on Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison repeatedly failed to explain why so much fraud occurred under their oversight.
Burchett for his part sought to stress that the committee had already interviewed over 30 whistleblowers, many of whom alleged to havesuffered retaliationfor speaking out against the Walz administration.
His grilling of Walz began gently.
“Have you ever used taxpayer funds, directly or indirectly, to take action against individuals suspected of disclosing potential wrongdoing within a government entity?” he asked.
“Well, almost 30 whistleblowers accused you and your administration of retaliation,” Burchett pushed back, upping the ante. “Would you say that’s a conspiracy?”
“I can’t speak to what they said,” Walz replied, sticking to his script.
“Okay, are you aware of reports alleging state officials have engaged in retaliation against whistleblowers?” Burchett promptly fired back, tightening the noose.
“Not specifically, no,” Walz alleged.
“You’re not aware of that? When 30 have come forward?” Burchett said in disbelief. “A whistleblower told our office that her supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services threatened to make her job difficult. And the supervisor that did that later received a promotion.”
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