2026年6月9日 美国东部时间凌晨2:40 / 福克斯新闻频道
“我们肯定会对此展开调查，”副总统J.D.万斯说道
副总统J.D.万斯周一宣布，他已就联邦资助的社会服务项目中存在的所谓欺诈行为相关指控，将涉及明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨和明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃利森的案件移交司法部欺诈部门，启动潜在刑事调查。
万斯是在做客福克斯新闻频道《杰西·沃特特斯黄金时段》节目时宣布这一消息的，此前有记者就众议院监督委员会发布的一份报告向他提问。该报告指控包括瓦尔茨和埃利森在内的州政府官员曾收到该州存在欺诈行为的警告，但部分出于诉讼威胁和担心被指控歧视的顾虑，未采取行动制止欺诈。
“杰西，我们肯定会对此展开调查。我想我现在可以发布一则突发新闻了——为了来接受你的采访，我刚离开白宫。在来之前，我们已经将这起具体案件移交司法部，启动全面刑事调查。我们不会像拜登政府那样，在所有事实查明前就先对法律问题作出评判，”万斯说道。
明尼苏达州欺诈报告指控州检察长“不作为、故意视而不见，或情节更恶劣”
副总统J.D.万斯周一表示，他已将涉及明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨和明尼苏达州总检察长基思·埃利森的指控移交司法部，启动潜在刑事调查。（乔纳森·恩斯特 彭博社/盖蒂图片社 摄）
“但杰西，最让我感到不安的是，瓦尔茨州长办公室里有人曾说，这看起来就是欺诈。看起来这些索马里非法移民正在干一些见不得人的勾当，但随后有人阻止了他们，让这些举报人闭嘴，还说你质疑纳税人资金去向就是种族主义者、仇外者，”他继续说道。
“杰西，在我看来，这显然说明相关人员并未严肃对待欺诈问题。这是否构成刑事犯罪，我们会展开调查。当然，如果确实达到刑事犯罪程度，我们一定会提起公诉。我们必须这么做，”万斯补充道。
报告指控：明尼苏达州纳税人资金被转移至青年党恐怖组织
一份报告指控州政府官员曾收到该州存在欺诈行为的警告，但未采取足够措施制止。（路透社/蒂姆·埃文斯 摄）
万斯于今年2月被任命为白宫消除欺诈专项工作组组长，此前特朗普总统在国情咨文演讲中宣布了“反欺诈战争”。随后，万斯在社交媒体上重申了自己的表态。
“明尼苏达州官员不应凌驾于法律之上。如果他们协助实施欺诈、在宣誓后就已知情况撒谎，或是骚扰恐吓举报人，他们必须接受法律制裁，”万斯在X平台上写道。
明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔茨表示，唐纳德·特朗普总统“正在动用整个联邦政府来惩罚明尼苏达州这样的蓝州”。（安德鲁·哈尼克 盖蒂图片社 摄）
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万斯和美国医疗保险与医疗补助服务中心主任穆罕默德·奥兹此前也曾表示，他们将暂停向明尼苏达州拨付联邦医疗补助报销款项。瓦尔茨当时称此举“与欺诈毫无关系”，并将其描述为“报复行动”。
“特朗普正在动用整个联邦政府来惩罚明尼苏达州这样的蓝州，”瓦尔茨在2月25日说道。
Vance refers Tim Walz, Minnesota attorney general to DOJ for criminal investigation over state’s alleged fraud
June 9, 2026 2:40am EDT / Fox News
‘We’re certainly going to investigate this,’ Vice President JD Vance said
Vice President J.D. Vance Monday announced that he has referred allegations involving Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Justice Department’s fraud division for a potential criminal investigation over alleged fraud in federally funded social services programs.
Vance made the announcement during an appearance on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime,” when he was asked about a report released by the House Oversight Committee alleging that state officials, including Walz and Ellison, were warned of fraud in the state but did not take action to stop it in part because of litigation threats and concerns about being accused of discrimination.
“We’re certainly going to investigate this, Jesse, and I guess now I can make a bit of breaking news because I left the White House to come here to do this interview with you. And before I did, we actually referred this particular case to the Department of Justice for a full criminal investigation. We are not going to do what the Biden administration did and make judgments of the law before all the facts are in,” Vance said.
MINNESOTA FRAUD REPORT ACCUSES STATE AG OF ‘INCOMPETENCE, WILLFUL BLINDNESS OR WORSE’
Vice President JD Vance said Monday that he has referred allegations involving Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to the DOJ for a potential criminal investigation.(Photo by Jonathan Ernst – Pool/Getty Images)
“But here’s what’s particularly troubling about this to me is, Jesse, you had people within Governor Walz’s office who were saying, you know what? This looks like fraud. It looks like these Somalian illegal immigrants are doing something that’s very shady, and then you had people who shut them down, who shut these whistleblowers down and said, you know, you’re a racist or you’re a xenophobe for asking questions about where taxpayer money is going,” he continued.
“What that means to me, Jesse, is that clearly people weren’t taking fraud seriously. Whether it rises to the level of a criminal violation, we’re gonna investigate it, and of course, if it does rise to that level, we’re going to prosecute it. We have to,” Vance added.
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A report alleges that state officials were warned of fraud in the state but did not take sufficient action.(Reuters/Tim Evans)
The vice president, who was tapped in February to lead the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud after President Donald Trump announced a “war on fraud” in his State of the Union address, later reiterated his comments on social media.
“Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew, or harassed and intimidated whistleblowers, they must face justice,” Vance wrote on X.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said President Donald Trump “is weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota.”(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Vance and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz also previously said they were pausing federal Medicaid reimbursements to Minnesota, which Walz said at the time had “nothing to do with fraud” as he described the effort as a “campaign of retribution.”
“Trump is weaponizing the entirety of the federal government to punish blue states like Minnesota,” Walz said on Feb. 25.
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