FLAMING INFERNO: Sen. Josh Hawley eviscerates Minnesota AG Ellison over fraud

February 12, 2026

From Fox News: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Thursday called for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to resign and suggested he should face criminal charges, accusing him of assisting people later charged in a sprawling welfare fraud scheme.

The confrontation came during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing in which Hawley questioned Ellison, an elected Democrat, about his actions surrounding the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which was at the center of a $250 million scheme to defraud a child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hawley pointed to a meeting in December 2021 between Ellison and people who were later indicted, arguing that the Minnesota attorney general surreptitiously attempted to help them during what public records say was a 54-minute encounter.

Hawley said Ellison accepted $10,000 in campaign donations days after the meeting from individuals later charged.

Hawley furiously yelled at Ellison, “You helped fraudsters defraud your state and this government … and you got a fat campaign contribution out of it! You ought to be indicted!”

He later declared that Ellison “ought to be in jail!”

“You should resign!” Hawley raged.

Defiantly, Ellison sneered, “You should resign. I was thinking the same thing about you.”

WATCH the entire FIERY HOT exchange below:

Heated exchange between Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison: @HawleyMO: “You should resign!”@AGEllison: “You should resign. I was thinking the same thing about you.” pic.twitter.com/bxXJQ4mG39

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