1srelluc
Diamond Member
Senior Minnesota state officials allegedly hired outside investigators to silence whistleblowers in an attempt to cover up widespread state social services fraud, a House committee report released Monday found.
A 200-page staff report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform found that Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s state administration intimidated and retaliated against state employees who raised concerns about fraud, soliciting private investigators to reveal employees’ personal details.
A Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) official who contacted the FBI told federal investigators she was pressured “at every turn” by her superiors to stop raising fraud concerns and was “hand slapped” when she continued to investigate, according to the report.
The MDE official also reported that she was warned by state administrators to “stop digging into things” as it would appear she was “targeting certain groups.”
Dozens of other whistleblowers reported they were told to stay silent about fraud concerns by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) because they would be labeled “racist” or “Islamophobic.” DHS also told state employees that raising fraud concerns would harm the state, the report said.
Whistleblowers reported that DHS conducted “arbitrary investigations” to photograph their cars and houses, monitored their phones and computers, and asked employees where their kids attended school.
That's nice and all but start digging into where the fraud monies were going in the form of grift to MN officials. I mean those people are not that smart to hide it because they knew MN had their backs.
