‘You helped fraudsters in $9B scam, it’s on tape': Minnesota AG Ellison under siege in fiery hearing
Minnesota officials, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, House Whip Tom Emmer, and State Rep Harry Niska, testified before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee on the explosive immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Lawmakers grilled them on coordination between ICE and local law enforcement, protests sparked by the crackdown, the controversial ICE-involved deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and allegations of fraud linked to enforcement tactics. Fierce exchanges erupted as Republican senators confronted Ellison and others during the oversight hearing.