Minnesota Attorney General Says He’ll Sue The Presidential Administration Over Specific SNAP Cut

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(Minnesota Reformer) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he plans to sue the Trump administration after it pledged to freeze federal funding for food stamps awarded to Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis, citing the years-long fraud scandals that have plagued public programs.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, in a letter posted to social media and addressed to Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, said the agency was suspending payment of about $129 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rollins said the widespread fraud in social services programs means that the feds need to take stringent action.

The fraud “necessitates federal action to protect taxpayer dollars until adequate safeguards can be established.”

The Minnesota Officer of U.S. Attorney, which has been investigating fraud cases since 2021, has leveled charges related to Medicaid fraud and theft from a pandemic-era program intended to feed hungry children, but nothing related to food stamps, the USDA’s main anti-hunger program now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.