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Tim Walz: “Minnesota's investigators and the IG's are putting people in…”

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Walz on MN fraud: 'You commit fraud, you're going to prison'

Published December 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:26

These are Minnesota folks who work in state government who are the ones that are helping build the case, turn it over to the federal authorities. So that is totally false. … Minnesota's investigators and the IG's are putting people in jail. … laws that they're choosing to do? Federal prosecutions, we will prosecute on every single thing we can. Many cases, we get longer ones. (07:26–07:32)

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Asserts that Minnesota's investigators and Inspector Generals are actively involved in prosecuting and jailing offenders.

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