Walz administration used outside investigators to punish whistleblowers, Oversight committee finds

Minnesota officials under Democratic Gov.

Tim Walz retaliated against state employees who raised concerns about fraud and the state’s management of taxpayer-funded social service programs, including by hiring investigators outside of the agency to scrutinize whistleblowers and monitor workers who reported suspected abuse, a new House oversight committee majority staff report alleged.

The 205-page report […] ...