Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 06/09/2026 23:23:18
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JD Vance refers evidence of Minnesota fraud, Walz inaction to DOJ for criminal inquiry:
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/jd-vance-refers-evidence-minnesota-fraud-walz-inaction-doj
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JD Vance refers evidence of Minnesota fraud, Walz inaction to DOJ for criminal inquiry
Vice President JD Vance has referred evidence gathered by Congress that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison failed to act against mass welfare fraud in their state to the Justice Department for possible criminal investigate.
Vance announced the criminal referral in a social media post late Monday in which he raised concerns that Walz's administration also tried to retaliate against state workers who blew the whistle on the welfare fraud scams in Minnesota, estimated by the House Oversight Committee to have cost taxpayers more than $9 billion.
"I’ve referred these allegations to DOJ’s new Fraud Division for criminal investigation," Vance wrote on X. "Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew, or harassed and intimidated whistleblowers, they must face justice."
The vice president's action came hours after the Oversight Committee released a bombshell report concluding that Walz and Ellison knew about widespread taxpayer fraud in the state's welfare programs as early as spring 2019, but took no action and instead let the state retaliate against workers who tried to expose the abuses.
Committee Chairman James Comer told Just the News on Monday evening he believed lawmakers found evidence of criminality in the years-long cover-up of the fraud.
"I think that Governor Waltz and Attorney General Ellison should be held accountable. I think that they've violated the laws. I think they've, you know, violated the whistleblower protection laws," he said.
Walz and Ellison have denied wrongdoing even as the fraud allegations sunk Walz's re-election bid in 2026.
Comer said the DOJ could present the evidence his committee gathered to a grand jury. "I'm all for that," he said.
The House committee concluded that Democrats in the state turned a blind eye to the taxpayer losses because they feared "political retribution from the politically active Somali community," where much of the fraud was centered.
"Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison knew about the fraud in federal programs administered by the State of Minnesota much earlier than they admitted," the committee wrote in its final report.
"Instead of trying to stop this widespread fraud, Governor Walz’s Administration retaliated against employees who tried to raise concerns, going to great lengths to keep them quiet, including intimidation through regular check-ins with high-level agency officials and threats of military surveillance," it added.
The report said the federal government has determined that at least $300 million was stolen by Feeding Our Future and its affiliated vendors and providers from the USDA's federal child nutrition programs and an estimated $9 billion has been lost to fraud from the high-risk Medicaid programs in Minnesota since 2018.
"The Committee has found that Minnesota lacked adequate oversight controls and procedures to verify that federal taxpayer dollars were being used appropriately and the Minnesota government could have stopped the flow of money to fraudsters at any time but chose not to for fear of political retribution from the politically active Somali community, which also wields power within social services provider networks," the committee wrote.
The report had several major conclusions, including that:
Minnesota state agencies had clear authority to suspend or stop payments to providers suspected of fraud without requiring independent direction from courts, law enforcement agencies, or the federal government but failed to act.
State officials continued directing taxpayer dollars to Feeding our Future and other high-risk entities despite identifying serious program deficiencies, enabling federal funds to flow to fraudsters.
Testimony and documents show that concerns about litigation and accusations of discrimination—not legal barriers or directives from law enforcement—were cited as reasons for continuing payments to suspected fraudsters.
The Walz administration retaliated against state employees who raised concerns about fraud, while senior state officials prioritized managing political and media fallout over addressing known fraud vulnerabilities.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/jd-vance-refers-evidence-minnesota-fraud-walz-inaction-doj
Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 06/09/2026 23:23:47
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Key senator presses to term limit parliamentarian, clear possible path for election law:
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Key senator presses to term limit parliamentarian, clear possible path for election law
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is reviving an idea to end the current Senate parliamentarian’s blockade on the Save America Act election integrity law: enact a term limit for the position.
Blackburn told Just the News on Tuesday her legislation from a year ago to set term limits for the parliamentarian was gaining renewed steam as the GOP voter base stews over the chamber’s inability to pass President Donald Trump’s signature election law, imposing voter ID in citizenship checks.
“Now, when it comes to the parliamentarian, last year you had Senators Tuberville, Marshall, and I who filed a bill that called for term limits on the parliamentarian. And this is a discussion that has popped back up because of some of the decisions of the parliamentarian,” Blackburn told the Just the News, No Noise television show.
“I think it's appropriate to term limit the parliamentarian,” she added. “You know, you have different positions, different assigned, and different offices that are term limited, whether it's serving as on the Fed, or whether it's serving on certain commissions, or in certain appointments, and we think it's appropriate that the parliamentarian be someone that is term limited also.”
As Trump has pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, Blackburn said more senators have rallied around the idea of her legislation.
“I can assure you in the last few days this is something that we have heard a lot about,” she said. “People are beginning to say, you know, that idea that you had about term limiting the parliamentarian, that is a pretty good idea. So, we'll see what happens.”
MacDonough has been in Trump’s crosshairs since she ruled that the Save America Act was not covered by the Byrd Rule, which allows legislation to be included in a budget reconciliation package that can pass with a simple-majority vote and avoid the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
Trump on Monday called on Thune to fire MacDonough.
“Senate Majority Leader John Thune should immediately fire the parliamentarian, who treats Republicans and everything they stand for horribly!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
MacDonough is no stranger to political controversy, since becoming the parliamentarian in 2012, against both Republican and Democrat efforts to avoid the filibuster rule. She fell out of favor, for instance, with President Joe Biden by refusing to allow the Byrd Rule when Democrats tried to provide mass amnesty to illegal aliens.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/key-senator-presses-term-limit-parliamentarian-clear-possible-path-election-law
>Vance announced the criminal referral in a social media post late Monday
JD Vance
@JDVance (June 9 2026)
I’ve referred these allegations to DOJ’s new Fraud Division for criminal investigation. Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew, or harassed and intimated whistleblowers, they must face justice.
https://x.com/JDVance/status/2064146608518746499
Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 06/10/2026 06:20:02
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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 06/10/2026 06:35:28
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Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool, a low IQ individual. In other words, he’s “dumb as a rock,” and totally unqualified to ever think of running for high political office, or even low political office, for that matter! He’d get annihilated in a debate by the most incompetent of politicians. Joe Biden’s now “fabled” performance would look great by comparison to anything that this loudmouth huckster has to offer, which isn’t much! Within a few weeks, they’d laugh him out of politics!!!
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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 06/10/2026 06:55:35
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Joe Scarborough’s ever shrinking, low rated show, one of the most inaccurate detailers of truthful facts on television, is being crushed in the ratings. His serious case on Trump Derangement Syndrome, often referred to as TDS, has made him a laughing stock among those who know what is going on in the “Wonderful World of Television.” His show is being cut because his ratings are TERRIBLE, and Mike and Willie, who wants to be his father but doesn’t have the talent, are falling further and further into the TDS Swamp! They all suffer from Low Ratings Disease!!! President DJT
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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 06/10/2026 07:03:39
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Iran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore - They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!! They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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