# June 8, 2026 *Calendar date on which the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released its 205-page Minnesota fraud staff report.* June 8, 2026 is the date on which the majority staff of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ([[House Oversight]]) released *[[The Cost of Doing Nothing]]: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota's Fraud Explosion*, a staff report of 205 pages.[^1][^2] The report enlarged a 54-page version that the committee had published on March 4, 2026.[^3] The report estimates that roughly $300 million in federal child nutrition funds was lost, along with "potentially $9 billion in Medicaid-related funds lost or at serious risk." It frames the losses statewide, against the governor.[^1][^2] A project review of the 205-page text found no reference by name to Hennepin County, [[Minneapolis]], or the [[Hennepin County Attorney's Office]].[^1] The federal enforcement record places the largest single identified site of the [[Feeding Our Future]] fraud, Safari Restaurant, in Minneapolis.[^4] The record places these two facts side by side. It does not establish why the report leaves out the county. The report went to the executive branch with a transmittal letter from Committee Chairman Comer to Vice President [[JD Vance]], dated June 7, 2026. A referral from the Vice President to the Justice Department's [[National Fraud Enforcement Division]] followed.[^5] ## When The date falls within a three-day sequence. Chairman Comer's letter transmitting the report to Vice President Vance is dated June 7, 2026.[^5] The report is dated June 8, 2026, and that date and the title appear on the PDF's title page.[^1] Vice President Vance's referral to Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division was reported by CNN on June 8, 2026, and wider press coverage followed on June 8–9. One project master dates the referral June 9, 2026. Another records that the referral's face date has not been confirmed against a primary source.[^5] ## What The report's title assigns the State's fraud losses to two statewide officials, Governor [[Tim Walz]] and Attorney General [[Keith Ellison]].[^1] Its pages 48–50 address self-attestation as the method by which the [[Minnesota Department of Education]] (MDE) verified meal claims.[^1] A separate committee release concerns a hearing on Minnesota fraud with Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison.[^6] Earlier official records describe the same programs. In June 2024, the Minnesota [[Office of the Legislative Auditor (Minnesota)]] issued its special review *Minnesota Department of Education: Oversight of Feeding Our Future*. The review identified the programs as the [[Child and Adult Care Food Program]] (CACFP) and the [[Summer Food Service Program]] (SFSP), both administered in Minnesota by MDE. It found that MDE "failed to act on warning signs known to the department prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic."[^7] The Justice Department describes Feeding Our Future as a nonprofit sponsor in the [[Federal Child Nutrition Program]]. According to the Department, the organization "submitted these fraudulent claims to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)" and opened "more than 250 Federal Child Nutrition Program sites throughout the state of Minnesota." The Department's release uses that umbrella term and does not name CACFP or SFSP.[^8] ## How much - **Statewide estimate:** The June 8 report estimates roughly $300 million lost in federal child nutrition funds. It also estimates "potentially $9 billion in Medicaid-related funds lost or at serious risk."[^1][^2] - **Largest identified site:** Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis received more than $16 million in Federal Child Nutrition Program funds, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.[^4] - **County breakdown:** The project's dossier located no public source that publishes a county-level dollar breakdown of the fraud. It checked the Justice Department, the Legislative Auditor, and the trackers.[^8][^7] ## How many - **Charged:** The U.S. Attorney's Office announced its 75th defendant charged on September 4, 2025.[^9] Sahan Journal's tracker counted 80 people charged as of July 28, 2026.[^10] Trackers disagree on the total, with counts of 70, 75, 79 and 80 appearing across sources.[^10][^9] - **Convicted:** Sahan Journal counted 68 convictions as of August 19, 2026, made up of 61 guilty pleas and 7 jury convictions.[^11][^12] - **Sites:** According to the Justice Department, Feeding Our Future opened more than 250 sites across Minnesota.[^8] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue catalogue pairs two documented facts under this date. The first fact is that the House Oversight report, released June 8, 2026, contains no reference by name to Hennepin County, Minneapolis, or the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.[^1] The second is that the fraud's largest identified site, Safari Restaurant, was in Minneapolis. Its co-owner, and a former senior aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both pleaded guilty on January 28, 2025.[^4] The catalogue entry is anchored to the White House presidential action *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026).[^13] The prosecutions were brought by the United States Attorney in the [[United States District Court for the District of Minnesota]], in Minneapolis.[^8] The project's dossier reports that no charge by the Hennepin County Attorney against any Feeding Our Future defendant appears in any public record it located. It also reports that no public source records a declination by that office. The dossier states this as an absence in the public record, not a proven declination, and this article states it at the same strength.[^8][^4] ## In the Minnesota record ### When - **June 2024:** The Office of the Legislative Auditor issued its special review of MDE's oversight of Feeding Our Future.[^7] - **January 28, 2025:** Safari Restaurant's co-owner and a former senior aide to the Minneapolis mayor pleaded guilty.[^4] - **September 4, 2025:** The U.S. Attorney's Office announced its 75th defendant charged.[^9] - **March 4, 2026:** House Oversight published the 54-page first version of *The Cost of Doing Nothing*.[^3] - **May 22, 2026:** [[Aimee Bock]] was sentenced to 500 months. [[Judge Nancy Brasel]] told her: "This was a fraud vortex and you were at the epicenter of it."[^8] - **June 7, 2026:** Chairman Comer transmitted the report to Vice President Vance.[^5] - **June 8, 2026:** House Oversight majority staff released the 205-page report.[^1][^2] ### Where - **Minneapolis:** The prosecutions were filed in the federal district court in Minneapolis.[^8] The largest single identified site, Safari Restaurant, was in Minneapolis. The project's dossier places that site in Hennepin County, which the June 8 report does not name.[^4][^1] ## Notes [^1]: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Majority Staff, *The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota's Fraud Explosion* (June 8, 2026). Establishes the 205-page report, its date and title, its ~$300 million and $9 billion estimates, its statewide framing, pp. 48–50 on self-attestation, and, per the project's search, the absence of any reference to Hennepin County, Minneapolis or the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MN-Fraud-Final-Staff-Report.pdf [^2]: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, *Oversight Committee Releases Report on Fraud in Minnesota's Taxpayer-Funded Social Programs* (June 2026). Establishes the committee's release of the staff report. https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-bombshell-report-exposing-rampant-fraud-plaguing-minnesotas-taxpayer-funded-social-programs/ [^3]: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, *The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz and Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota's Fraud Explosion* (March 4, 2026). Establishes the earlier 54-page version. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-Cost-of-Doing-Nothing_How-Tim-Walz-and-Keith-Ellison-Fueled-Minnesotas-Fraud-Explosion_3.4.26_FINAL.pdf [^4]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Former Minneapolis Mayoral Aide and Safari Restaurant Co-Owner Both Plead Guilty* (Jan. 28, 2025). Establishes that Safari Restaurant "received more than $16 million in fraudulent Federal Child Nutrition Program funds," and the guilty pleas. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/former-minneapolis-mayoral-aide-and-safari-restaurant-co-owner-both-plead-guilty-250 [^5]: Project masters, *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted) and *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, June 18, 2026). Establish the June 7, 2026 Comer transmittal letter to Vice President Vance, the Vance referral to Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald (reported June 8, 2026; dated June 9, 2026 in one master), and the report's expansion from 54 to 205 pages. No primary URL for the letter or referral is in the record. [^6]: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, *Comer Opens Hearing on Minnesota Fraud with Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison* (n.d.). Establishes the committee hearing with the two officials. https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-opens-hearing-on-minnesota-fraud-with-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison/ [^7]: Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor, *Minnesota Department of Education: Oversight of Feeding Our Future*, Special Review (June 2024). Names CACFP and SFSP as administered by MDE, and finds MDE "failed to act on warning signs known to the department prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic." https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/sreview/pdf/2024-mdefof.pdf [^8]: U.S. Department of Justice, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026). Establishes the federal prosecution, the claims submitted to MDE, the more than 250 sites, Aimee Bock's 500-month sentence, and Judge Brasel's statement. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^9]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *75th Defendant Charged in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme* (Sept. 4, 2025). Establishes the DOJ count of 75 defendants charged as of that date. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/75th-defendant-charged-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^10]: Sahan Journal, *Feeding Our Future charging tracker* (updated July 28, 2026). Reports "Eighty people have been charged." https://sahanjournal.com/news/feeding-our-future-indictments-who-charged-food-fraud-minnesota/ [^11]: Sahan Journal, *Feeding Our Future guilty-plea tracker* (Aug. 19, 2026). Reports 68 convictions: 61 guilty pleas and 7 jury convictions. https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/feeding-our-future-food-aid-fraud-investigation-guilty-pleas/ [^12]: Sahan Journal, *Who has been sentenced in Feeding Our Future* (2026). Sentencing tracker. https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/who-has-been-sentenced-feeding-our-future/ [^13]: The White House, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026). Establishes the presidential action to which the at-issue entry is anchored. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/