Federal Law Enforcement & Fraud

At a White House briefing on January 8, 2026, Vice President JD Vance announced the creation of a new federal interagency task force and a dedicated associate attorney general post at the Justice Department to coordinate fraud crackdowns nationwide, building on investigations that have already produced roughly 1,500 subpoenas and 100 indictments. Standing alongside press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Vance said the effort is meant to expand fraud enforcement beyond Minnesota to states like Ohio and California, while the administration simultaneously defended an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and cast criticism of the operation as "gaslighting" and part of an "organized" left‑wing attack on federal officers.