The House Education and the Workforce Committee has issued a subpoena for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz regarding a nonprofit in his state accused of defrauding the government during the COVID-19 scamdemic.

The House Education and the Workforce Committee has issued a subpoena of Gov. Tim Walz. https://t.co/LZdbHBH0P7

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“The Minnesota-based Feeding Our Future (FOF) has been accused of misusing $250 million in taxpayer funds that were meant to go to hungry children,” The Hill reports.

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Per NBC News:

The House Education and Workforce Committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for how they responded to what federal prosecutors have called the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country.

The subpoenas, obtained first by NBC News, demand that Walz, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong turn over documents concerning oversight of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which is alleged to have misused millions of dollars intended to feed children during the pandemic.

Walz’s record has faced new scrutiny since Vice President Kamala Harris tapped him as her running mate last month, though this new request by the Republican-led committee is part of an investigative effort that goes back to 2022.

“Governor Tim Walz oversaw the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country and then blocked attempts by the @HouseGOP’s @EdWorkforceCmte to gather more information. With today’s subpoena, we’re one step closer to getting the answers Minnesotans deserve,” Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) said.

Governor Tim Walz oversaw the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country and then blocked attempts by the @HouseGOP's @EdWorkforceCmte to gather more information.

With today's subpoena, we're one step closer to getting the answers Minnesotans deserve.https://t.co/kE1S6CtRIp

— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) September 4, 2024

House Education Committee subpoenas Tim Walz over Minnesota nonprofit’s COVID-19 fraud https://t.co/yhgo2vjvtK

— The Hill (@thehill) September 4, 2024

From The Hill:

The federal government has charged more than 70 people associated with the nonprofit, and five of them have been convicted of fraud. The group allegedly submitted the names of fake children receiving free meals during the pandemic.

Education Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) issued subpoenas for Walz, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong.

“Statements in the press by you and your representatives indicate that you and other executive officers were involved, or had knowledge of, MDE’s [Minnesota Department of Education’s] administration of the FCNP [Federal Child Nutrition Program] and responsibilities and actions regarding the massive fraud,” Foxx said in the letter to Walz.

The governor was given until Sept. 18 to provide documents and the requested information to the committee.