Yesterday I posted Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann s Order and accompanying Memorandum that Governor Tim Walz has alleged compelled his administration to keep pouring money out to the Feeding Our Future fraudsters. On Thursday Judge Guthmann authorized release of a statement calling out Walz for this lie and the Star Tribune for regurgitating it. John wrote about it here. Judge Guthmann s statement is posted online here. I quote it
We have written a number of times about the Feeding Our Future scandal, the worst to emerge from the federal government s feckless distribution of covid dollars. Briefly, Feeding Our Future ( FOF ) was a fraudulent nonprofit that accessed an astonishing $240 million in federal money, ostensibly to feed needy children in Minnesota. Under the supervision of Minnesota s Department of Education, FOF distributed that money to a network of Minnesota nonprofits who
While a judge said the Dept. of Education "voluntarily" resumed payments to FOF, MDE says the court "made it clear" MDE would face penalties should it not proceed.
A remarkable back-and-forth between Gov. Tim Walz and a Ramsey County judge unfolded Friday evening as accusations flew over who was responsible for letting Feeding Our Future continue to receive federal funds.
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