As Minnesota governor, Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz oversaw a “free meals for kids” scheme that saw a whopping $250 million in taxpayer money handed to fraudsters and blown luxury goods and overseas real estate.
70 people have been charged so far in connection with the fraud scheme since 2022.
The Feeding Our Future program used a quarter-billion in federal tax dollars from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
The federally funded meal assistance plan was meant to help give free meals to eligible children and adults who were struggling due to shutdowns during the pandemic.
However, the federal taxpayer money was instead used to fund the lavish lifestyles of criminals.
In a statement regarding the scandal, Billy Glahn, an adjunct policy fellow with the Minnesota-based Center of the American Experiment, said:
“At least a quarter billion dollars was stolen by fraudsters.
“The question, of course, came up: How did the state Department of Education let $250 million out the door to people who were later convicted of defrauding the program?
“The legislative auditor took this on as one of her projects and did this report looking at how the department oversaw a single one of these nonprofits involved.”