Republican state legislators in Minnesota have strongly condemned Governor Tim Walz following the revelation that he allocated $430,000 of taxpayer funds to prepare for a congressional hearing in the House that is investigating the “sanctuary city” policies of blue state governors.
Invoices acquired by the Star Tribune indicate that Walz’s office engaged the well-known global law firm K&L Gates to aid in the preparations for his testimony scheduled for mid-June before the GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee, which centered on inquiries regarding his and other blue state governors’ sanctuary city policies.
In the month of May alone, Walz accrued roughly $232,000 in legal expenses, with an average hourly charge of about $516, as per the invoices obtained by the Star Tribune.
The publication further disclosed that K&L Gates collaborated with Walz’s office from April 10 until the hearing on June 12, with the total legal preparation costing taxpayers $430,000.
