Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Questioned About Fraud Scandal – Says ‘No’ When Asked if He Would Have Done Things Differently (VIDEO)
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appeared on CNN and was actually asked about the massive fraud scandal unfolding in the state and his response to one of the questions he got was extremely telling. He said that he wouldn’t do anything differently. Really?
The fact that this even came up on CNN is proof that the scandal is so big that the liberal media can’t cover for it. Of course, Anderson Cooper did not ask Ellison about the allegations that he promised favors to Somali fraudsters, a charge that was even caught on tape.
This scandal should be career ending for a lot of people and Ellison is one of them.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
ANDERSON COOPER: I do want to ask you about the fraud scandal. I mean, because the president’s comment, it seemed at least in part fueled by or he’s talking about this fraud scandal that we mentioned earlier, involving that charity called Feeding Our Future. The vast majority of these 70 defendants charged in the case were Somali. For perspective, those are nearly 80,000 Somalis in the state.
Critics have said the state officials, including you and the governor, did not act fast enough or quickly enough to investigate charges of fraud against the Feeding Our Future and did little to flag their allegations to federal authorities. I know you said it was the federal government that didn’t move fast enough. Is there any — is there something you wish you had done differently?
KEITH ELLISON: No. We — first of all, the Department of Education denied claims when questionable claims were made about these meals. My office went to court, explained that to the court. A judge actually found the department in contempt for denying claims. So yeah, and we cooperated fully and worked well with the FBI. We are glad that we took the action that we did. I convicted over 300 people in the last few years for Medicaid fraud. So, we are very able to go after fraud and we do all the time.
What we need though, Anderson, is cooperation to stop the theft of public money, not politicization and using this tragic situation as a political weapon to gain advantage. I am telling you as an attorney general, yeah, fraud happens. We should prosecute it. Hold people accountable for their individual conduct, not for their ethnicity. Right? Which is critically important.
Here’s the video:
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison: “Fraud Happens,” We Hold People Responsible As Individuals, Not For Their Ethnicity
“What we need is cooperation to stop the theft of public money, not politicization and using this tragic situation as a political weapon to gain advantage.” pic.twitter.com/C2CMcv1rFr
— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) December 4, 2025
Note how Ellison is trying to spin this as being all about race. What else is a Democrat going to say?
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