Rep. Jim Jordan testified before Congress citing statements from a Minnesota fraud investigator about political concerns potentially affecting the state's response to a major federal funding fraud scheme. A House report released this week confirmed that Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were aware of widespread fraud in social service programs as early as 2019 but delayed action; the report estimates roughly $300 million in child nutrition fraud and $9 billion in potentially fraudulent Medicaid spending. Jordan has argued that officials may have been deterred from aggressive fraud enforcement by concerns about political backlash, including potential effects on the Somali-American voting bloc—though the documentary evidence directly supporting this claim from officials themselves remains limited.