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America’s long-suffering taxpayers got a shot of hardball this week when Vice President JD Vance announced a new assistant attorney general post — a nationwide, White House-backed position meant to hunt down fraud wherever it’s found. This isn’t lip service or a press release for the cameras; it’s a targeted effort to restore accountability and stop federal programs from being looted.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on that message on The Ingraham Angle, bluntly telling viewers the administration will “follow the money” and prosecute the fraudsters who siphoned off aid meant for the vulnerable. The Treasury is no longer content to play defense while bureaucrats and crooked operators pilfer taxpayer funds; Bessent vowed a nationwide probe that starts with Minnesota but will not stop there.
The White House has formalized the approach with a new Department of Justice division for national fraud enforcement and spelled out an Assistant Attorney General role to lead multi-state prosecutions and plug systemic holes. That’s the kind of structural fix conservatives have been demanding: real authority, interagency coordination, and the power to bite into organized schemes that used federal programs as a grift.
Let’s be clear about the stakes: federal investigations in Minnesota have exposed an epic pattern of abuse that swindled programs meant for children, the disabled, and struggling families, and those revelations forced accountability at the gubernatorial level. When public servants fail to protect taxpayers and local officials look the other way, the federal government must step in and clean house — and that’s exactly what this administration is promising to do.
Vance made plain that this new post will have the reach and muscle of a special prosecutor but with the constitutional clarity of an assistant attorney general, operating with nationwide jurisdiction and the resources to chase complex money flows. For patriots who care about putting American families first, empowering prosecutors to go after fraud across states like Minnesota, California, and Ohio is a welcome, long-overdue reprioritization.
This is a fight about principles as much as pennies: who gets government help, who guards it, and who pays when the system is gamed. Conservatives should rally behind these measures, demand transparency on recovery efforts, and push Congress to give investigators every tool needed to trace illicit transfers, freeze stolen assets, and bring every last fraudster to justice.
If Washington will finally move from virtue signaling to verdicts, hardworking Americans stand to win. The swamp has for too long tolerated schemes that siphon off taxpayer dollars while families wait in line; the Trump administration’s “follow the money” posture is exactly the kind of unapologetic, results-oriented leadership this nation needs right now.
