The House Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into sources of funding for protests against law enforcement operations. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Pat Fallon (R-TX) address protests across the country, but specifically call out activities in Minnesota amid widespread fraud and social unrest.
“Recent Congressional oversight activity has documented extensive fraud in Minnesota involving federal nutrition programs and social services programs, with estimated losses totaling several billions of dollars over multiple years,” the lawmakers wrote. “The scale and duration of these schemes have raised concerns regarding whether fraud proceeds are being laundered or otherwise routed through nonprofit or organizational entities in ways that evade oversight. As much of this fraud has disproportionally involved Minnesota’s immigrant community, targeted enforcement operations by ICE play a key role in stopping this systemic corruption.”
According to the lawmakers, it is “imperative to assess whether foreign-sourced funding and/or proceeds of financial crimes, particularly those involving federal funds, may be contributing to, or otherwise exacerbating unrest and efforts to obstruct law enforcement.”
Those who joined Comer and Fallon in the letter include Reps. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Nancy Mace (R-SC), William Timmons (R-SC), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ.), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Nick Langworthy (R-NY), Brian Jack (R-GA), and John McGuire (R-VA.).
Late last year, the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the extensive fraud discovered in Minnesota.
