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Tim Walz: “Now I have the authority to stop payment.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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EXTENDED INTERVIEW: Gov. Tim Walz on fraud, accountability and next steps

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

Our folks, I think, have to be more skeptical. And that's what we've done. And quite honestly, we needed more tools. I've been going to the legislature, we lost court cases over this. Now I have the authority to stop payment. I have the authority for us to bring folks in. And I think now with good partners in the U.S. attorney's office, we got new leadership. (00:34–00:37)

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