Vice President JD Vance delivered a much-needed jolt to the swamp on January 8, 2026, announcing a new Assistant Attorney General position to hunt down frauds that have been siphoning federal dollars from hardworking Americans. This office will begin its work in Minnesota but carries nationwide jurisdiction — a clear signal that the administration intends to go after the full, ugly scope of abuse wherever it is found.
The new role, Vance said, will be Senate-confirmed and run out of the White House under the supervision of the president and the vice president, designed to cut through bureaucratic slowness and coordinate an all-of-government response. Republican leaders, including Senate Majority figures, have already promised swift confirmation so this isn’t just talk — it’s the start of real enforcement.
What’s unfolding in Minnesota is disgraceful and familiar: large-scale schemes that used federal programs as a piggy bank while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill. The administration’s numbers and investigative activity — indictments, subpoenas, and convictions tied to organized fraud rings — make clear this is not isolated wrongdoing but systemic theft that must be cleaned out.
Senator John Thune and other Republicans have rightly framed these schemes as a rip-off of the American taxpayer, and they’re right to demand a muscular federal response rather than more theater from Democratic governors and local officials who looked the other way. Conservatives should welcome a prosecutor empowered to go after both the criminal networks and the feckless officials who allowed this rot to spread.
Legally and operationally, the White House-crafted structure is meant to mirror the authority of a special counsel while avoiding the pitfalls that let criminals escape on technicalities, and that practical approach should be applauded by anyone who cares about results over process. If the administration and Congress work in concert, we can see prosecutions, denaturalizations where appropriate, and the recovery of vast sums that belong to taxpayers, not fraudsters.
Americans who pay their bills and play by the rules deserve defenders who act, not politicians who posture. This is a fight over whether public money funds schools and care for American children or lines the pockets of scammers and enabled officials; every patriot should back swift confirmation and full-throated prosecutions until every last dollar is reclaimed and every corrupt actor is held to account.
