Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration has created a new assistant attorney general position to crack down on fraud nationwide.

The new official will have “nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud,” Vance said at Thursday’s White House press briefing.

“Unfortunately, the American people have been defrauded in a very nationwide way,” Vance said.

? @VP JD Vance announces a new ?assistant attorney general position with nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud following Minnesota's Somali fraud scandal.

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Vance’s announcement is in response to reports of widespread welfare fraud in states including Minnesota.

Federal prosecutors have 

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