JD Vance accused of ‘political stunt’ after referring Tim Walz for Minnesota fraud investigation

The US vice-president, JD Vance , asked the Department of Justice to investigate Tim Walz , his rival in the 2024 election, after a congressional report renewed allegations of inaction and retaliation over fraud schemes in Minnesota . In the Trump administration ’s latest broadside against the midwestern state and its political leaders, Vance referred Walz, its Democratic governor, and Keith Ellison , its Democratic attorney general, for investigation. …