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and Democratic Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan is set to attend a fundraiser hosted by an individual who has served as the state’s Medicaid medical director during a time period where Medicaid fraud exploded onto the national scene.Dr.Nathan Chomilo has served as Minnesota’s Medicaid medical director since January 2020 and is listed as one of the hosts of an October 1 fundraiser supporting Flanagan, first reported by Townhall’s Dustin Grage.Much of Minnesota’s broader fraud scandal has centered on Medicaid-funded programs, including autism services and Housing Stabilization Services, and although Chomilo was not the official responsible for processing payments, investigating fraud or overseeing the department’s program-integrity operations, the optics of Flanagan associating with him is sparking skepticism about Flanagan's commitment to tackling the fraud issue."Apparently, the people who were supposed to be watching the money are too busy raising it for Peggy Flanagan," Grage posted on X.
"This should raise some serious red flags."'WE HAVE NOT SLOWED DOWN': MINNESOTA NOT OUT OF THE WOODS ON MASSIVE FRAUD SCANDAL, EXPERT WARNSMinnesota Lt.Gov.
and Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan appeared in a hijab on Somali TV as the state reels from a massive fraud scandal tied to a Somali-run nonprofit.(Somali TV Minnesota)"Things that make you go hmm… ," Chuck Darrell, former communications director at Minnesota Family Council posted on X."The number one thing going on with Minnesota's Medicaid program has been fraud over the last eight years of the Walz Flanagan administration," Minnesota Republican State Rep.
Kristin Robbins told Fox News Digital."So he must have been aware.
He must have known and clearly he had oversight responsibilities.He probably should have been held accountable for what was going on in the program and instead he's raising money for Penny Peggy Flanigan.""It just shows her disdain for the taxpayers," Robbins, the chair ...