Tim Walz blasted for costing Minnesota taxpayers $430K in legal prep ahead of Hill hearing

Republican state lawmakers in Minnesota have not held back with criticism after news Gov. Tim Walz spent $430,000 in taxpayer money to prepare for a House congressional hearing probing blue state governors on their "sanctuary city" policies. Invoices obtained by the Star Tribune of Minnesota uncovered that Walz's office contracted with high-powered global law firm K&L Gates to prepare for the governor's mid-June hearing in front of the GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee, which included questions about his and other blue state governors' "sanctuary city" policies. In May alone, Walz i