Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Department of Education (DOE) hired a Kenyan national after he was nearly deported for sexual assault and later promoted him to a director role.
Wilson Tindi, who became the agency’s director of internal audit and advisory services in December 2023, was convicted in 2016 of sexually assaulting a woman in her sleep after breaking into her home, according to documents first reported by Alpha News. Tindi’s LinkedIn profile and government webpages indicate that he has worked multiple jobs in Minnesota’s DOE and Pollution Control Agency.
A top employee in Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s administration was removed from a state website after his sexual assault conviction surfaced. (Image credit: Minnesota Department of Education)
The Minnesota Department of Education did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation, and Tindi could not be reached directly.
The Minnesota (DOE) removed Tindi’s profile from its website after Alpha News asked the agency for comment, the outlet reported. The now-deleted profile of Tindi said he oversees “an independent internal audit function focused on evaluating risk management, governance, and compliance across the agency.” He landed his first state job in 2018 before Walz, the failed 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate, became governor the following year.
Tindi admitted to inappropriately touching a woman who was sleeping in Hennepin County in 2014 in exchange for prosecutors dropping a burglary charge, court records show. His plea deal brought a two-year sentence that would be stayed for five years. Another woman accused Tindi of a similar sexual assault in her home in 2012, but the case was never prosecuted.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to deport Tindi as early as 2008, and he became a lawful permanent resident in 2014 before later facing the renewed threat of removal over his criminal record, court documents show. Tindi appealed his immigration case and was ordered released in February 2018 based on concerns that he had been detained too long without removal.
Tindi does not currently appear in ICE’s detention database.
The Kenyan national was earning $58 per hour at the Pollution Control Agency in fiscal year 2024, according to the latest available payroll data.
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