Recent congressional scrutiny and a House Oversight interim report have highlighted Minnesota’s large-scale COVID-era welfare fraud cases, including Feeding Our Future, with federal prosecutors estimating billions in losses and some officials alleging senior state leaders knew of the issues for years. JD Vance has referred Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the DOJ for potential criminal investigation tied to these programs. An earlier DOJ probe into alleged obstruction of federal immigration enforcement was quashed by a federal judge in June 2026 on Tenth Amendment grounds. Walz has publicly accepted some responsibility for oversight failures while declining a third term. No formal charges have been filed against him, and any resolution would require meeting high evidentiary thresholds before the December 31, 2026 market close.