A Minnesota Republican lawmaker who once mocked Democrats for being 'drunk at the wheel' on taxpayer fraud is now facing his own drink-driving charge, less than six months after posting that jibe on X.
Rep. Elliott Engen, 27, a second-term Republican representing White Bear Township, was arrested in the early hours of Friday, 27 March 2026, on suspicion of driving while impaired, just hours after participating in a six-hour session on the Minnesota House floor. The arrest, confirmed by the White Bear Lake Police Department in a public press release, has immediately overshadowed his candidacy for state auditor, a race in which he had positioned himself as the candidate most serious about rooting out fiscal misconduct.
