Minnesota Attorney General Keith EllisonDemocratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison blew up at a reporter and walked away when asked about the mounting investigations into the Minnesota welfare fraud ring amid a criminal referral from Vice President JD Vance. “Why don’t you give me a break, man? You know what I mean?” Ellison asked the reporter before claiming that the fraud figures are being pushed by “people of a very unique political persuasion aligned with the Trump administration.” He later stormed away, saying, “I’m done talking to you about it.”Asked about Vance’s referral of him and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the Department of Justice, Ellison said, “Look, he can do whatever he wants” and declined to give further comment.On estimates that half of the $18 billion provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Minnesota (roughly $8-9 billion) is being spent on fraudulent programs, Ellison lost it, claiming the number is “false” and only being pushed by the right. Even left-wing outlets have widely reported the $8 billion figure.“Look, fraud is always wrong. We prosecute over 341 cases of Medicaid fraud. We, and so we, we, that’s what we do, we prosecute those cases and obtain convictions,” Ellison stammered. “If you ask the newspapers for a forensic accounting, the number you mentioned is tightly identified with people of a very unique political persuasion aligned with the Trump administration. So, I’m done talking to you about it.”Via Fox:Ellison: Look, he can do whatever he wants, and that’s all— I don’t really have anything to say about it.Reporter: How about with your handling of the fraud situation? If you could go back before it ballooned to about $8 billion, would you have done anything different?Ellison: Yeah, so that is a false number. The fact is that fraud is always wrong… Why don’t you give me a break, man? You know what I mean? Look, fraud is always wrong. We prosecute over 341 cases of Medicaid fraud. We, and so we, we, that’s what we do, we prosecute those cases and obtain convictions. If you look at, if you ask the newspapers for a forensic accounting, the number you mentioned is tightly identified with people of a very unique political persuasion aligned with the Trump administration. So, I’m done talking to you about it.Reporter: No, I just wanted you to clear up the number. I’m not, I’m not quoting— I’m quoting several reports.Ellison: I get it. It’s wrong though. And if you’re a real reporter, you should know that.!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2vbt6g"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v79drpg","div":"rumble_v79drpg"});Vice President JD Vance has referred Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice’s anti-fraud division for a criminal investigation.This comes after allegations from the House Oversight Committee that they allowed Somali immigrants to steal billions of dollars through welfare fraud and helped cover it all up.The House Oversight Committee released a bombshell report, concluding that Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were repeatedly warned about widespread fraud in Minnesota’s taxpayer-funded programs for years, yet failed to take meaningful action while billions of dollars were siphoned from government programs.MORE:Vice President Vance Fires Off Criminal Referral to DOJ Against Minnesota Governor and Attorney General Following Bombshell House Report (VIDEO)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i