Governor Walz skips Minnesota state fraud hearing amid GOP criticism

11 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 29

Rep. Kristin Robbins, chair of the House Fraud Prevention Committee, said Walz was in the Capitol but declined to attend Tuesday’s hearing on the state’s multi-billion-dollar fraud scandal.
Robbins accused Walz of avoiding accountability and criticized his response in his final State of the State address, while Walz defended his administration’s anti-fraud efforts and referenced recent federal raids in Minneapolis.
Robbins, who is running for governor, also noted Rep. Ilhan Omar’s earlier absence from the committee regarding the Feeding Our Future scandal, emphasizing ongoing demands for public officials to answer questions on fraud.

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