[Tim Walz’] administration initially claimed it was ordered by Judge John Guthmann to continue issuing payments after Feeding Our Future sued. But Guthmann put that falsehood to rest last week.

WCCO Radio then said Gov. Walz wasn’t “willing to talk to reporters” earlier this week.

The governor broke his silence in an interview with the Minnesota Reformer. The outlet said Walz was “verbally briefed” about “suspicious activity” in the program in “late April or early May of 2020.”

A spokesperson then said the governor “misspoke” and didn’t learn of the possible fraud until federal authorities were notified, which was the summer of 2020, according to a Senate timeline.

His office then followed up a third time, saying Walz didn’t find out until November 2020 when Feeding Our Future sued the state.

This means the governor knew about the possible fraud for a minimum of six months before the FBI began its investigation.