Jim Jordan confronts Tim Walz over Minnesota fraud payment explanations
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Key Points:
- Rep. Jim Jordan accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of misleading the public by falsely claiming a court order required the state to resume payments to Feeding Our Future (FOF), a nonprofit involved in a major pandemic-era child nutrition fraud scheme.
- A 2022 court release from Judge John H. Guthmann contradicted Walz's statement, clarifying that no court order mandated the Minnesota Department of Education to continue reimbursements to FOF.
- Walz defended his position by citing legal advice from agency attorneys who believed the court had required the payments, but Jordan dismissed this as an attempt to "hide behind some pretend court order."
- The Justice Department has charged 98 defendants in Minnesota fraud cases related to FOF, involving over $250
