President Donald Trump is moving to rip fraud out by the roots.

In a Jan. 28 announcement on Truth Social, Trump named Colin McDonald as the first-ever Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement, a brand-new division at the Department of Justice created to hunt down, expose, and prosecute the fraud networks that have been bleeding American taxpayers dry for years.

“I created this Division to catch and stop FRAUDSTERS that have been STEALING from the American People,” Trump wrote, pointing to massive schemes recently uncovered in states like Minnesota and California that he says have siphoned off hundreds of billions of dollars from public programs.

This is not another symbolic task force or press-release office. This is a direct strike force.

A White House–Directed Fraud Purge

The new division will operate with nationwide jurisdiction and report directly to the White House—bypassing the usual DOJ bureaucracy that critics say has looked the other way while fraud exploded across federal programs.

Vice President JD Vance made clear this will be a no-nonsense operation.

“We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud,” Vance said. Enforcement actions will begin immediately, starting in Minnesota—ground zero for some of the most shocking fraud revelations in the country.

The position carries Special Counsel–level authority, but unlike past special counsels who chased political narratives, this office is being run out of the White House, under direct presidential supervision.

Translation: no cover, no delays, no sacred cows.

McDonald: A Prosecutor Who Actually Puts Criminals Away

Trump praised McDonald as a proven fighter who has delivered justice in some of the most complex and high-stakes cases in the country.

McDonald currently serves as an associate deputy attorney general and previously worked as senior counsel to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. His background includes years as a federal prosecutor in Southern California and Hawaii, as well as service as a judicial law clerk.

While in Hawaii, McDonald helped convict former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife—both entrenched insiders—on multiple charges including bank fraud and conspiracy. A federal judge said their crimes “staggered the community” and shook confidence in governing institutions.

That résumé matters.

This division isn’t being handed to a political climber or a bureaucrat—it’s being handed to someone with a record of taking down powerful fraudsters who thought they were untouchable.

Fraud Wasn’t an Accident—It Was Allowed

The creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division follows mounting evidence that fraud was not just missed, but tolerated under prior leadership.

Federal investigators are now probing sprawling schemes tied to programs like Feeding Our Future, Housing Stabilization Services, Medicaid, and early childhood intervention initiatives—many of them centered in Minnesota. Billions meant to help vulnerable Americans instead flowed into shell companies, luxury purchases, and organized fraud rings.

For years, taxpayers were told these were “isolated incidents.”

They weren’t.

They were systemic.

The Message Is Clear

This move sends a blunt warning: the era of open-season theft from federal programs is over.

No more fake nonprofits.
No more politically protected grifters.
No more bureaucratic excuses.

With McDonald at the helm and the White House backing the mission, the Trump administration is signaling that fraud against the American people will be treated for what it is: a major crime against the nation.

As Trump put it succinctly:

“Congratulations Colin—STOP THE SCAMS!”

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