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Republican-led House panel subpoenas Tim Walz over $250m Covid relief fraud
Minnesota governor has conceded state education officials did insufficient due diligence to prevent scheme
A Republican-led US House committee sent a subpoena to Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, seeking documents and communications related to a vast fraud scheme conducted by a non-profit that used pandemic relief funds meant for feeding kids.
NBC News first reported the subpoenas, which were sent to Walz; Minnesota’s commissioner of education, Willie Jett; the US agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack; and the agriculture inspector general, Phyllis Fong.
Read the original article at The Guardian