Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison stormed off when asked about the billions of dollars in fraud that have recently occurred in Minnesota.
“If you ask the newspapers for a forensic accounting, the number you mentioned is tightly with people of a very unique political persuasion aligned with the Trump administration. So I’m done talking to you.”
"I'm done talking to you."
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 20, 2026
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison storms off during an interview after facing questions about his handling of the state’s fraud scandal.
Ellison pushed back when asked about allegations tied to billions in taxpayer fraud and VP Vance’s threat to refer him to… pic.twitter.com/CKwSc9puHA
Criminals have abused Minnesota’s social programs to steal billions of taxpayer dollars, but Ellison doesn’t want to talk about it. Several outlets and reporters have estimated that Minnesota’s fraud total has ballooned to about $8 billion.
Under Ellison’s watch, criminals stole about $250 million through a program meant to feed hungry kids. A group of criminals abused the relaxed rules because of COVID-19 to steal money from the Federal Child Nutrition Program.
In total, Feeding Our Future opened more than 250 sites throughout Minnesota between March 2020 and January 2022 and falsely claimed to have served 125 million meals.
In May, the ringleader was sentenced to 500 months in prison.
Minnesota allegedly paid up to $9 billion in fraud across 14 social programs that were meant to feed children, help autistic kids, and help families find housing and childcare.
In February, Vice President J.D. Vance announced that the federal government would freeze $259 million of Medicaid funding in Minnesota until the state complies with a fraud investigation.
Last week, Townhall reported that over 7,700 suspected “ghost students” have pocketed taxpayer funds for college and then never showed up to class.
Minnesota has been one of many blue states that have fought the Trump administration's crackdown on fraud. While many red states have shared data about their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients, dozens of blue states have sued to hide the data.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said that the federal government has arrested nearly a thousand people for stealing from the SNAP program.
SNAP Fraudsters found a glitch. @WHFraudTF and @USDA Patched it.
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) June 20, 2026
Nearly 1000 arrests before GTA 6 ⭐️
Their heist is over. pic.twitter.com/OZLtKuy4xd
BREAKING: The DOJ just announced charges against 15 fraudsters in Massachusetts, 11 of whom are ILLEGAL ALIENS.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026
These fraudsters stole more than $1.4 MILLION in taxpayer-funded Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP benefits
But Democrats said this never happens?!…
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison does not like being asked about fraud. https://t.co/qPXf2TFL4K
— America (@america) June 20, 2026
The Fraudsters aren’t taking a break.
— Kristin Robbins (@KRobbinsMN) June 20, 2026
This is another lie by Democrat Keith Ellison.
The estimate of $9 billion in fraud in the high-risk Medicaid programs came from well-respected former First US Attorney Joe Thompson who is stalwartly non-political.
And that number is… https://t.co/gx5U5j3uB7
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