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Tim Walz: “This president has pardoned people who took part in Medicaid…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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LIVE: Tim Walz holds a press conference on fraud in Minnesota

Published | Video Starts at 24:18

And we have got criminals. It seems like the Republicans, the only people they're not concerned about in this is the actual criminals standing with the criminals. This president has pardoned people who took part in Medicaid fraud who were responsible for paying back almost $300 million. And because he pardoned them, that went away. This is some type of upside down world where we need the adults in the room. (24:18–24:29)

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Asserts that the President pardoned individuals involved in Medicaid fraud responsible for nearly $300 million.

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