The Trump administration is creating a new assistant attorney general position to investigate alleged fraud across states such as the level of fraud seen in Minnesota’s social services.
Vice President J.D. Vance announced the new position at the White House press briefing on Thursday.
“We know that the fraud isn’t just happening in Minneapolis. It’s also happening in states like Ohio. It’s happening in states like California,” Mr. Vance said.
“This is the person who is going to make sure that we stop defrauding the American people,” he said.
The vice president said the new position will be run out of the White House and supervised by himself and President Trump. He said the new position will be responsible for overseeing an interagency effort from the Trump administration.
Mr. Vance said the position’s goal is to “prosecute the bad guys, and do it as swiftly and efficiently as possible,” adding that the new assistant attorney general will have nationwide jurisdiction over fraud.
The administration will nominate someone for the role in the coming days. Mr. Vance said that he’s spoken to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, about the position.
Mr. Thune promised “swift confirmation,” the vice president said.
