My organization has been in the thick of the news frenzy over Minnesota fraud. Bill Glahn, who has been on the case for a long time–four years, next month–has been on Fox Business News, Fox News, and other outlets. He will be on the Charlie Kirk show later today, and Fox News again tomorrow. I have done some radio and will have a television hit tomorrow, too.
Attorney General Keith Ellison was omitted from the first burst of national publicity. We remedied that omission with a tweet last night, linking to a post that includes a 54-minute tape of Ellison meeting with Feeding Our Future figures, from some of whom he later got campaign contributions. Our tweet was retweeted by Elon Musk:
Outright criminal fraud https://t.co/kIhzuQWZ67
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2025
Musk actually retweeted it twice; Chris Rufo, Libs of TikTok and others retweeted it as well. And the White House linked to our site. So Ellison joins Tim Walz as politicians whose 2026 races are very much in doubt.
No doubt you have seen the infamous clip where Tim Walz, on Meet the Press, says he takes responsibility for putting fraudsters in jail. As Power Line readers know, the fraud prosecutions in Minnesota have been carried out exclusively by Joe Thompson and his crew at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Keith Ellison’s AG office has had nothing to do with them, nor has Tim Walz, in any capacity.
I don’t know whether the interviewer on Meet the Press was knowledgeable enough to understand that Walz was lying. But when Walz repeated the same claim to group of Minnesota reporters, everyone in the room knew he was lying. One of the reporters had the temerity to call Walz on it, which may never have happened before in Walz’s two terms in office. It starts at 6:54.
Gov. Tim Walz responded to questions about federal involvement in investigating alleged fraud in Minnesota. During his remarks on Tuesday, Walz said he welcomes any help, adding, “You commit fraud in Minnesota, you’re going to prison.” pic.twitter.com/7ewmKgcbvl
— FOX 9 (@FOX9) December 2, 2025
In fact, the investigation that revealed the massive Feeding Our Future fraud was federal, not state. Far from turning the cases over to the feds, the Walz administration had nothing to do with them. It was the FBI that called Minnesota’s Department of Education to tell it about the frauds, and the FBI’s investigation of the frauds. This is in the Legislative Auditor’s report.
This is how well-informed Minnesotans respond to Walz’s defense:
Meanwhile, speculation continues about the New York Times’ motive for covering the story in the manner they did. Is the Times trying to drive Walz out of the 2026 race for governor, in hopes of salvaging a Senate seat for the Democrats? That theory is strengthened by the way in which the Washington Post is piling on: Tim Walz is crumbling, along with his 2026 hopes, and Tim Walz can’t admit the downsides of too much welfare. Also, this cartoon by Lisa Benson:
If I were Tim Walz, I would think that my former friends are out to get me.
