"The Trump administration is creating a new assistant attorney general position to focus on fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced during a White House press briefing on Thursday. The new Senate-confirmed position will be located in the White House and report to Vance and President Donald Trump, according to the vice president, who said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has promised a "swift confirmation.""
"The new assistant attorney general will be working with an existing "major interagency task force to make it possible to get to the heart of this fraud," Vance said, with an initial focus on Minnesota that will expand to other states as well with a "nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud." They will work at least through the end of the Trump administration, the vice president said."
The Trump administration is creating a new Senate-confirmed assistant attorney general position located in the White House to focus on fraud and report to the president and vice president. The role will work with a major interagency task force and have nationwide jurisdiction, starting with Minnesota and expanding to other states. Federal prosecutors estimate Minnesota social services fraud could be as much as $9 billion, a figure disputed by Governor Tim Walz. Republicans allege Walz knew and failed to act, while Democrats raise concerns about xenophobia and racism because many indicted so far are of Somali descent. The role will serve at least through the end of the administration.
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