TRUTH TEST: Ad attacking Keith Ellison gets a B

Multiple ads this election cycle attack incumbent DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison on the issue of fraud, including ads from the conservative First Principle PAC.

One ad focuses on a controversial meeting Ellison held with people later accused in the Feeding Our Future (FOF) fraud case.

“Names that weren’t real. Children who didn’t exist,” the ad says. “Its operators were bending the ear of Attorney General Keith Ellison. Promising political support. Ellison’s answer: ‘Of course, I’m here to help.’”

It is true Ellison was secretly recorded meeting with a group of people who later turned out to be key figures in the Feeding Our Future fraud case. The meeting between Ellison and various p...