JD Vance accused of ‘political stunt’ after referring Tim Walz for Minnesota fraud investigation
by Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis from US news | The Guardian on (#766FQ)
House report alleged governor and state attorney general knew of widespread taxpayer fraud' in social programs
The US vice-president, JD Vance, asked the Department of Justice to investigate Tim Walz, his rival in the 2024 election, after a congressional report renewed allegations of inaction and retaliation over fraud schemes in Minnesota.
In the Trump administration's latest broadside against the midwestern state and its political leaders, Vance referred Walz, its Democratic governor, and Keith Ellison, its Democratic attorney general, for investigation.
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