Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan confronted Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday over his past claim that a court ordered his state to restart payments to Feeding Our Future (FOF).

After Walz pushed for a probe into Judge John Guthmann for allegedly compelling Minnesota to resume payments to the fraud-riddled nonprofit in 2021, the judge asserted the payments were voluntary, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul reported in 2022. Jordan accused Walz of being dishonest during a House Oversight Committee hearing, noting the court’s response to the governor. (RELATED: Somali ‘Autism’ Center Chief Pleads Guilty To $6 Million Fraud Scheme)

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“Why didn’t you tell the truth about why you restarted the payments?” Jordan asked.

Walz rejected the premise of the question and pivoted to note FOF expanded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I didn’t ask that question,” Jordan said. “I said, ‘Why didn’t you tell the truth about why you restarted the payments?’ The payments stopped because there were concerns, obviously, or they wouldn’t stop the payments. Then they restarted a month later. What was the reason for restarting the payments?”

“My understanding was the agency believed that the court had required them to make those payments,” Walz said.

Jordan asked Walz if his understanding was “false” and referenced his past claim that the state restarted payments due to a court order.

“Is that right?” he asked the governor.

“I don’t believe that is settled yet, to the best of my knowledge,...

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