Mace Warns Walz and Omar To ‘Be Afraid’ of MN Fraud Probe

On Wednesday’s night’s episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said elected officials, such as Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz should “be afraid” of the Treasury Department’s investigation into recently reported fraud in Minnesota.

During her interview, Mace added that she “is deeply frustrated” over the “lack of contempt charges” and “prosecutions” to those who participated in defrauding the government.

“Here we have a sitting member of Congress, who’s allegedly done some pretty egregious things, a governor in Minnesota, who again, was alleged to have done some pretty egregious things, and his attorney general,” Mace said about officials who have yet to face charges.

“Billions of dollars have been lost and defrauded of the American government,” Mace added. “You’ve got people implicated in this, including elected officials, and nobody ever goes to jail. That’s what’s wrong with the system, it’s a complete failure of the justice system all the way through, federal state and local.”

Mace told Kinnett that Walz needs to be held accountable, even though Walz is not seeking another term as governor.

“He is squeaking out at the end,” Mace said. “And we as the federal government have allowed him to do that.”

However, while Mace stated that she has “lost a lot of hope in the federal government” for its inaction, she affirmed that she still has faith in the investigative abilities of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Last week, Bessent announced that the Treasury Department would investigate the fraud in Minnesota.

“When he says he’s going to do something,” Mace said of Bessent, “I really truly do believe he’s going to do that.”

“[Bessent is] the last great hope that we have in this kind of scenario. He’s a very serious guy and Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar should be afraid of Scott Bessent,” Mace said.

Mace also claimed that around 10% of the federal government’s budget could be tainted with “fraud, waste and abuse.”

“If you could just take that away financially, imagine how much we can get in tax returns every year for hardworking middle-class Americans” Mace added.

Ultimately, Kinnett asked the congresswoman if any safety rails could be put in place to prevent fraudsters from taking further advantage of American taxpayers, adding that there has been a “whole lot of nothing” happening in Congress.

Mace said Congress should pass legislation that would stop all federal payments to fraudsters.

“We should codify refusing payments. If you’re caught in this level of fraudulent abuse, payments should just cease,” Mace said. “You shouldn’t be allowed to have an activist judge, a woke leftist judge, to make decisions for Congress on the purse strings. We’ve allowed this to happen.”

Walz and Omar did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment on Mace’s statements.

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