Overview
- The House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee, which split 8-8 Wednesday, blocked a resolution to authorize an impeachment investigation.
- The measure would have enabled hearings, testimony, and subpoenas, and sent the matter to the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee with a May 1 reporting deadline.
- Republicans pointed to large fraud cases such as Feeding Our Future and cited alleged billions lost in Medicaid, arguing Walz and Ellison failed to act, and they said they will keep pursuing the resolutions.
- Democrats rejected the move as a political distraction, and the path to oust either official is steep because the House is tied and conviction in the Senate would require a two‑thirds vote under Minnesota’s impeachment process.
- A state employee and self‑described whistleblower, Faye Bernstein, told lawmakers she faced years of retaliation and an involuntary transfer after raising fraud concerns inside government.