This is the mop-up. I'm David Feldman in New York City. Minnesota Governor Tim Walts,

who in 2024 into my heart after Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate, announced on Thursday

he is leaving politics altogether once his term as governor ends early next year. Waltz said he will never,

ever again run for public office. Waltz cited the welfare fraud scandal and the fact he's now

become a lightning rod. Last year, Waltz was considered one of the leading contenders for the

28 Democratic nomination for president.

The speed at which his political fortunes plummeted, well, it's positively staggering.

On January 5th of this year, the Minnesota governor ended his campaign to become the only Minnesota governor ever to serve three

consecutive terms, he said, I have to spend the rest of the year focusing on my state's

social services fraud scandal. Walt said he couldn't run for re-election and at the same time

defend himself against accusations of mismanaging his

state's social welfare program. And then on Thursday, Waltz announced after his term ends as

governor early next year, he will leave politics forever. I love this guy. I'm really saddened by this. Minnesota's welfare fraud

scandal began after the nonprofit feeding our future program. It's a nonprofit executives were found

guilty of stealing $250 million in COVID-19 relief funds,

falsely claiming they provided thousands of meals to those in need.

Although the scandals blamed on the Somali community in Minneapolis and Minnesota,

the mastermind behind this was Amy Block, a white woman with no ties to

Somalia. Bach was convicted last year of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery, and now she faces

33 years in prison. The investigation began under the Biden Justice Department, and after this

nonprofit scandal was exposed, federal investigators began uncovering fraud in 14 Minnesota

Medicaid and welfare programs. Like I said, this investigation and prosecution began during the Biden years.

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