It’s been a rough year for Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), and things are only getting worse. The scandal-plagued governor, fresh off an embarrassing run as the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee, is staring down a political and legal crisis that could end his career. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has launched a full-scale investigation into the sprawling Minnesota fraud scandal, a scheme that siphoned billions from taxpayers on Walz’s watch.
Comer says the scale of corruption is breathtaking. Federal investigators and now Congress are zeroing in on scams tied to state and federal aid programs, including a reported $9 billion in fraudulent Small Business Administration loans. Fraud at this scale doesn’t just happen without being noticed.
The Department of Justice, working closely with the Trump administration, has been turning up the heat. Criminal charges are already being filed, and Comer’s committee is now expanding the probe. “The walls are caving in on Tim Walz,” Comer told Fox News’ America’s Newsroom. He wasn’t exaggerating. Whistleblowers, city mayors, and state legislators are all coming forward, painting a picture of widespread fraud and political cowardice from the top down.
"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," he said.
Comer said Walz told the Oversight Committee that he’d “take care of it” himself, and obviously, he wasn’t buying it. “No one in America believes that,” he said. And he’s right. If Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had taken care of anything, Minnesota wouldn’t be ground zero for one of the largest state-level fraud cases in modern history.
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State employees had sounded the alarm years ago about the rampant fraud. In fact, over 400 Minnesota Department of Human Services employees have accused Walz of being "100% responsible" for the scam. However, their warnings were ignored because of fear, specifically, fear of upsetting the state’s Somali community, a major Democratic voting bloc.
“This Somali population has become a massive part of the Democrat base in Minnesota,” Comer explained. In his view, that’s the political equation keeping Democrats from dealing with the problem. If fraud investigations touch that community, party leaders risk losing their electoral advantage in a battleground state. Comer called it “the whole key to the business model of success for the Democrat Party in Minnesota — and on the presidential scale to win the state of Minnesota.”
That’s a damning charge. If true, Walz didn’t just mismanage billions in taxpayer funds; he also let political considerations override his duty to the people of Minnesota. Comer argues that the fraud has real-world consequences: state services are being slashed because “so much of the money for social programs was wasted and defrauded.” For ordinary Minnesotans, that means higher taxes and fewer services, all to preserve a corrupt political machine.
Walz is already running for a third term as governor in 2026, and he’s even floated the idea of a 2028 presidential run. But this scandal could dramatically end his political career if it’s determined that he turned a blind eye to $9 billion in fraud because it benefited his party to do so.
