Vice President JD Vance is urging federal prosecutors to investigate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, alleging they failed to curb extensive social services fraud. This move intensifies worries that the Trump administration intends to deploy a newly established Justice Department division to target political adversaries.
Vance, who is spearheading the Trump administration's anti-fraud initiatives and is seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender, referenced a report from the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee in his letter to the Justice Department. The report claims that Walz and Ellison were long aware of widespread misuse of government programs and allowed it to persist.
