Peggy Flanagan Blames Tim Walz for $9 Billion Minnesota Fraud as Senate Race Heats Up
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 14
Peggy Flanagan Blames Tim Walz for $9 Billion Minnesota Fraud as Senate Race Heats Up
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 14
Summary
Peggy Flanagan said Gov. Tim Walz bears responsibility for Minnesota’s fraud scandal, telling MS NOW that “the buck stops with him” and that more should have been done sooner.
Federal investigators have said the fraud could total $9 billion; Flanagan noted that 100 people have been charged and 60 convicted in the sprawling case.
The remarks quickly drew attacks from Republicans and conservative commentators, who accused Flanagan of dodging accountability after serving as Walz’s lieutenant governor since 2019.
Michele Tafoya, Flanagan’s Republican Senate opponent, seized on the clip to argue billions in taxpayer dollars were stolen under Flanagan’s watch.
The scandal already helped drive Walz to abandon his reelection bid and is likely to become a central line of attack in Minnesota’s Senate campaign.