Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has formally referred former Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and current Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution, alleging their complicity in covering up the largest COVID relief fraud in American history. The criminal referral accuses both Democrats of knowingly obstructing investigations into the systematic theft of over $250 million in federal funds meant to feed hungry children—a scandal that implicates dozens of Somali immigrants and exposes catastrophic failures in both immigration policy and government oversight.
Luna's aggressive move signals that Republicans are done treating the Minnesota feeding program disaster as mere bureaucratic incompetence. The mounting evidence suggests something far more sinister: Democrat officials at the highest levels of Minnesota government deliberately protected criminal conspirators, ignored whistleblowers, and actively obstructed federal investigations to serve political interests.
The Criminal Allegations
Rep. Luna's referral outlines specific allegations that rise to the level of criminal conduct. Both Walz and Ellison allegedly interfered with state and federal investigations into Feeding Our Future, the nonprofit at the center of the fraud conspiracy. When investigators attempted to halt payments to obviously fraudulent feeding sites, the Walz administration blocked enforcement efforts.
Federal law makes it a crime to know about a felony and take affirmative steps to conceal it. Evidence suggests Walz and Ellison received detailed briefings about the fraud yet failed to report it to federal authorities while actively preventing state action. Luna's referral alleges they conspired with fraud perpetrators by continuing state authorization and payment processing even after clear evidence of criminal activity emerged.
The timeline reveals deliberate inaction. State education officials raised red flags about Feeding Our Future's suspicious growth in 2020-2021. Whistleblowers within state agencies reported obvious fraud indicators to superiors. Despite these warnings, the Walz administration continued approving payments. When the Minnesota Department of Education attempted to suspend payments in early 2021, Feeding Our Future sued—and rather than defend taxpayers, the Walz administration folded, agreeing to resume payments.
The Political Protection Racket
Why would Minnesota's top Democrat officials protect criminals stealing hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds meant for hungry children? The answer is nakedly political. Minnesota hosts over 50,000 Somali immigrants, concentrated in Minneapolis and suburbs. This community votes overwhelmingly Democrat and provides crucial margins in close elections. Prosecuting Somali fraudsters risked alienating this constituency.
Walz and Ellison could predictably claim that aggressive fraud investigation constituted "racism" or "Islamophobia," using identity politics to deflect from criminal conduct. This shield apparently worked—critics of the fraud were indeed accused of targeting the Somali community. For progressives like Walz and Ellison, government benefit programs are sacred cows. Acknowledging massive fraud contradicts their worldview that government programs are inherently beneficial.
Both faced re-election campaigns during the period when fraud was occurring. Aggressive prosecution of a key constituency would have created electoral headaches, so they chose political survival over taxpayer protection. Because the stolen funds were federal dollars, state officials apparently calculated they could ignore the fraud without direct political consequences.
Ellison's Special Culpability
If anything, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison bears even greater responsibility than Walz. As Attorney General, Ellison has explicit constitutional duty to enforce Minnesota's laws and prosecute fraud. His failure to aggressively pursue the feeding program fraud represents fundamental dereliction of duty.
While Ellison's office has aggressively pursued politically favored causes—including the Derek Chauvin prosecution—it conspicuously failed to prioritize the largest fraud in Minnesota history when perpetrators were a protected constituency. Sources indicate Ellison's office not only failed to prosecute but actively discouraged state agencies from referring cases or cooperating with federal investigators.
What Justice Requires
For Luna's criminal referral to result in accountability, DOJ must conduct an aggressive investigation including grand jury subpoenas compelling testimony from state employees who witnessed the obstruction. Whistleblowers must be protected and encouraged to provide evidence. All communications between Walz, Ellison, and their staff regarding the fraud investigation must be obtained, including emails, text messages, and meeting notes that may reveal their knowledge and intent.
The Trump administration's DOJ must demonstrate that Democrat officials who abuse power to protect criminal conspirators for political gain will face the same aggressive prosecution as any other corrupt politician. If convicted, Walz and Ellison should face substantial prison sentences that reflect both the magnitude of the fraud they enabled and the betrayal of public trust they committed.
The Broader Pattern
The Walz-Ellison cover-up fits within a disturbing pattern of Democrat officials protecting criminality when prosecuting would harm their political interests. Democrats prioritize political interests over rule of law, truth, and accountability. When enforcing laws or acknowledging facts would harm Democrat constituencies or undermine Democrat narratives, they simply refuse to do so—even when it means enabling massive crime or fraud.
Luna's criminal referral represents a necessary confrontation with this corruption. Either America is a nation of laws where powerful Democrats face consequences for enabling criminality, or we're a banana republic where political connections trump justice.
Conclusion: Justice Delayed No Longer
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's criminal referral forces the question that Minnesota's Democrat establishment hoped to avoid: Did Tim Walz and Keith Ellison commit federal crimes by obstructing fraud investigations and protecting criminals for political gain? The evidence suggests they did. Whistleblowers warned them repeatedly. Federal investigators briefed them on the conspiracy. Yet rather than stopping the theft, Walz and Ellison apparently chose to protect the criminals because prosecuting Somali fraudsters would alienate a crucial Democrat voting bloc.
Justice requires aggressive federal investigation of Walz and Ellison's conduct. If evidence supports prosecution, they must face trial and substantial prison sentences. The criminals who stole the money are facing justice—many are already convicted and imprisoned. Now it's time for the politicians who protected them to face justice too.
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