Overview
- Vice President JD Vance announced a new assistant attorney general role with nationwide jurisdiction to coordinate and prosecute fraud cases.
- Vance said the Justice Department has issued roughly 1,500 subpoenas and about 100 indictments tied to the expanding investigations.
- The nominee is expected within days, with Senate leaders including Majority Leader John Thune and Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley signaling a rapid confirmation process.
- An interagency task force is active, with the new official starting in Minnesota and then extending investigations to states such as Ohio and California.
- The administration has paused or plans to halt more than $10 billion in social-service funding to multiple states, and HHS has already frozen federal child-care funds for Minnesota.