Democrats in the state legislature in Minnesota have voted to protect Gov. Tim Walz, whose administration has been faulted for allowing an estimated $9 billion in fraud in the state’s social services programs.
They did this by leaving a rules committee vote to advance Republican proposals for impeachment tied 8-8 which means it doesn’t advance for now.
Walz even has admitted to the rampant fraud.
But the Democrats blocked further action with their vote in the House Rules Committee, where Republicans had outlined their strong case for the actions.
Rep. Mike Wiener and Rep. Ben Davis, two members of the Minnesota Freedom Caucus, promoted the plan to impeach Walz for failures around fraud, and to impeach Attorney General Keith Ellison on a long list of failures.
“There should be accountability. We are accountable to the taxpayers in this state, and when $9 billion worth of fraud takes place,” Wiener said, “I would expect a moral outrage whether you have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’.”
The Democrats’ majority of one vote in the Senate left virtually no chance of any conviction for the two defendants, and the 67-67 split in the House left it unlikely that the case would move forward.
Rep. Michael Howard, of the state’s Democrat-Farm-Labor party, claimed the Republicans were “unserious” in their efforts to bring accountability to the billions and billions of dollars of tax dollars lost to fraud.
Some were as simple as a suspect setting up the paperwork for a social services “care” agency, and then sending in bills for millions of dollars, without anyone ever getting any services from anyone.
Wiener, in his presentation, noted that impeachments in Minnesota do not require a criminal conviction, but he cited evidence that shows “billions in taxpayer funds were lost in Minnesota social services programs,” and it was the fault of the “failure” of leadership.
Evidence, red flags and whistleblowers were “ignored or suppressed,” he said.
The offenses included non-feasance, malfeasance and violating the public trust.
🚨 JUST IN: Minnesota legislators have just filed to IMPEACH Tim Walz for the OVERWHELMING FRAUD he’s allowed across the state
“Federal investigation and lawmakers have estimated up to $9 BILLION in fraud across multiple programs administered by the state.
This represents not a… pic.twitter.com/hzX5J7bGkm
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 15, 2026
“We have a historic amount of fraud taking place in our state. Historic actions are warranted,” said Rep. Ben Davis, R-Merrifield. “Minnesota deserves accountability and transparency with its constitutional officers.”
Ellison is seeking re-election, but Walz dropped his bid for another term because of the scandal over the fraud.
BREAKING: Tim Walz just accidentally admitted there was indeed fraud in his state after Democrats spent weeks denying there was fraud:
“Did we have some people steal from us? Yes!”pic.twitter.com/0AoOQBlDsh
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2026
🚨 JUST IN: House Oversight Chair James Comer affirms whistleblowers testified UNDER OATH that they spent YEARS warning Tim Walz and Keith Ellison about rampant fraud
IT’S TIME FOR WALZ AND ELLISON TO BE JAILED.
US taxpayers are SICK AND TIRED of politicians stealing from them pic.twitter.com/rHgZ8QPARP
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 5, 2026
