# Anoka County Attorney *County attorney's office of Anoka County, Minnesota* The **Anoka County Attorney** heads the Anoka County Attorney's Office in Anoka County, [[Minnesota]]. The evidence assembled for this record places the office in two documented matters. The first is a review of the past casework of a former employee, Andrea Sampson, which a news report dated August 22, 2026 says the County Attorney ordered.[^1] The second is one at-issue pair concerning a recorded video series whose host, the project's entry states, works for the Anoka County Attorney.[^2] The office's stated purpose and its reported output can be set side by side. The August 2026 report quotes Johnson, speaking for the office, as calling the conduct at issue "offensive to both the legal profession and the mission of our Office". The same report states that the review is limited to "family law and civil cases", that no compromised proceeding has been identified, and that the number of cases under review has not been disclosed.[^1] A law-faculty commentator quoted in August 2026 said the office "has an obligation to look at everything she was involved in".[^3] The record available here does not include the charging document, the court, a docket number, or the office's own release on the review.[^1] ## Who Andrea Sampson was employed by the office from 2017 until March 9, 2026, according to the August 2026 report.[^1] The report attributes a statement on the matter to Johnson, quoted on behalf of "our Office".[^1] Rachel Moran, quoted by the University of St. Thomas Newsroom, said that taxpayers deserve "a careful investigation" and described the matter as "troubling and in some ways startling".[^3] The at-issue entry AI-Anoka-061 states that the host of a four-episode video series works for the Anoka County Attorney. The entry does not name the host.[^2] ## What The August 2026 report states that Sampson faces 26 felony counts and that about $4.65 million in Medicaid claims are involved. This record carries the report only in summary and does not establish which agency filed the counts or in which court.[^1] The County Attorney's review, as reported, covers "family law and civil cases" in which she worked.[^1] The St. Thomas item frames the question as one of the trustworthiness, truthfulness and reliability of the former prosecutor's work.[^3] ## When - **February 25, 2026**: Sampson was placed on administrative leave. The report says this was the same day the BCA notified county leadership.[^1] - **March 9, 2026**: Her employment ended, per the report.[^1] - **August 2026**: Moran's comments on reviewing the former prosecutor's cases were published by the University of St. Thomas Newsroom.[^3] - **August 22, 2026**: The report that the Anoka County Attorney had ordered a review of her past casework was published.[^1] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue entry AI-Anoka-061 states that four people it calls operators described their work on camera. According to the entry, this produced 2,075 transcript passages across four episodes. The entry also states that a county exhibit was on the public record "before the United States filed anything".[^2] The entry rests on a single video source. That source is not among the citable URLs for this record, and the entry does not give the exhibit's date or content. It also does not identify which federal filing it means, or any action by the Anoka County Attorney in connection with the exhibit. This article does not characterize the video's content.[^2] The entry measures this material against the presidential action *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025). In the entry's own words, it treats "the operators' own testimony" as "the anti-silo document". This article reports that framing and does not adopt it.[^2] For the State as a whole, the [[United States Department of Justice]] filed a lawsuit announced in Office of Public Affairs release No. 26-21 (January 14, 2026). The release is titled *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*, and Attorney General Pamela Bondi certified the case as a matter of general public importance. The record here does not connect that action to the Anoka County Attorney, and it does not carry the case's docket or current status.[^4] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Andrea Sampson, former employee of the office (2017 to March 9, 2026), per a news report.[^1] - The unnamed host of the video series in entry AI-Anoka-061, described as working for the Anoka County Attorney.[^2] ### What - A review ordered by the Anoka County Attorney, limited to "family law and civil cases". No compromised proceeding has been identified and the case count is undisclosed, as of August 22, 2026.[^1] ### When - Administrative leave on February 25, 2026; employment ended March 9, 2026; review reported August 22, 2026.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: MinneapoliMedia, *Anoka County Attorney Orders Review of Andrea Sampson's Past Casework* (Aug. 22, 2026) — news report establishing employment 2017 to Mar. 9, 2026; administrative leave Feb. 25, 2026, the same day the BCA notified county leadership; review scope "family law and civil cases"; no compromised proceeding identified; case count undisclosed; Johnson quotation; 26 felony counts; about $4.65 million in Medicaid claims. https://minneapolimedia.town.news/g/coon-rapids-mn/n/385358/minneapolimedia-news-update-anoka-county-attorney-orders-review-andrea [^2]: Project at-issue record (Killshots_Above_Average_2026-09-01.md #8), *AI-Anoka-061, The Deflection Mechanism & the Charter-Lease Architecture Edition* (undated) — four people on camera, 2,075 transcript passages across four episodes, host works for the Anoka County Attorney, county exhibit on the public record before any federal filing. The underlying video source (vimeo.com) is not citable in this record, so the URL given is the entry's anchor: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (Presidential Action, March 2025). https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/ [^3]: University of St. Thomas Newsroom, *In the News: Rachel Moran on reviewing a former prosecutor's cases* (Aug. 2026) — Moran's statements that the office "has an obligation to look at everything she was involved in", that the matter is "troubling and in some ways startling", and that taxpayers deserve "a careful investigation". https://news.stthomas.edu/in-the-news-rachel-moran-on-reviewing-a-former-prosecutors-cases/ [^4]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *United States Department of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota's 'Affirmative Action' Regime*, release No. 26-21 (Jan. 14, 2026) — the United States' lawsuit against the State and Attorney General Bondi's certification of the case as a matter of general public importance. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-department-justice-files-lawsuit-against-minnesotas-affirmative-action-regime