Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Justice Department is creating a new assistant attorney general role to focus on nationwide fraud impacting taxpayer funds.
“We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud. Now, of course, that person’s efforts will start and focus primarily in Minnesota, but it is going to be a nationwide effort,” Vance said at a White House press briefing.
“It will be run out of the White House under the supervision of me and the president of the United States,” Vance added.
The veep added that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) “has promised me swift confirmation for this official” whenever they are nominated.
