Lisa Demuth Unveils 90-Day Fraud Plan for Minnesota, Targeting Overseas Transfers and Agency Heads
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Updated · Minnesota Reformer · Aug 19
Lisa Demuth Unveils 90-Day Fraud Plan for Minnesota, Targeting Overseas Transfers and Agency Heads
3 articles · Updated · Minnesota Reformer · Aug 19
Summary
Demuth said she would roll out an updated anti-fraud agenda in her first 90 days as governor, including a ban on sending public dollars overseas, easier recovery of stolen funds and the firing of all agency heads and deputy commissioners.
The plan responds to a fraud crisis in Minnesota social safety-net programs that has drawn national scrutiny and helped drive Gov. Tim Walz to abandon a third-term bid earlier this year.
Demuth used her first press conference since winning the GOP nomination to tie DFL nominee Amy Klobuchar to the scandal, staging more than 1,000 of Klobuchar's press releases from 2022-2025 and saying none mentioned fraud.
Klobuchar has proposed her own anti-fraud package, including a statewide audit, a 'do not pay' database and agency anti-fraud units; Democrats said she helped secure prosecutors who charged more than 70 people in the Feeding Our Future case.
Details in Demuth's plan remain thin, and she declined to address questions about federal surveillance of unions and progressive groups, underscoring her effort to keep the race centered on fraud.