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The_Edwards_Notebook-More_Gvr_Walz_BS011326 · The Ron Edwards American Experience V2

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  Speaker 1: Minnesota's state lawmakers and whistleblowers have alleged that Governor Tim
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  Speaker 1: Walla's administration retaliated against government employees who raised concern about fraud.
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  Speaker 1: He loim Ron Edwards on Today's Pace from the Yewa's Notebook,
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  Speaker 1: brought to you by Root Brand Health Products. Witnesses testified
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  Speaker 1: that state employees who reported suspicious activities faced retaliation, including
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  Speaker 1: being escorted out of buildings, threatened with being fired for
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  Speaker 1: cause which would disqualify them from unemployment benefits, and subjected
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  Speaker 1: to involuntary transfers that damaged their careers. One whistleblower reported
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  Speaker 1: being removed from their position after alerting supervisors about sloppy
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  Speaker 1: contracting practices at the Department of Human Services. State Rep.
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  Speaker 1: Marion Rehrick stated that whistleblowers live in a state of
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  Speaker 1: fear and retaliation and that the Walls administration silenced those
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  Speaker 1: who tried to expose fraud. Also, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan
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  Speaker 1: was reported to a public referred to employees who raised
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  Speaker 1: concerns as weirdos in losers sitting in their mother's basements.
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  Speaker 1: Walls did acknowledge shortcomings in handling the fraudulent situation. However,
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  Speaker 1: multiple sources indicate that his administration discouraged internal reporting and
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  Speaker 1: vigorously obstructive oversight efforts. I'm Ron Edwards. Ron Edwards the
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  Speaker 1: new Voice of America.