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Trump Launches DOJ Fraud Hammer, Names Colin McDonald to Lead All-Out Crackdown on Systemic Theft
https://bigleaguepolitics.substack.com ^ | Jan 29, 2026 | Big League Politics

Posted on 01/29/2026 8:02:46 AM PST by bitt

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.

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1 posted on 01/29/2026 8:02:46 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 01/29/2026 8:03:00 AM PST by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=500>)
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To: bitt

This will trigger the dems to rioting even more. The gravy train is getting ready to derail.


3 posted on 01/29/2026 8:06:02 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: bitt

Isn’t this what the inspector general of each department is supposed to do? I point this out because the internal investigatory apparatus of each department is so compromised that they are useless.


4 posted on 01/29/2026 8:12:47 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: unixfox
This will trigger the dems to rioting even more. The gravy train is getting ready to derail.

Yep. Fraud is probably paying for salaries of paid agitators.

5 posted on 01/29/2026 8:15:33 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: unixfox

Not to mention the pipeline of taxpayer going right to the rats from this. It burns me to think the US Taxpayer has been financing rat campaigns from this fraud.


6 posted on 01/29/2026 8:17:47 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: bitt

Looks like a perfect application for DOGE personnel.


7 posted on 01/29/2026 8:18:50 AM PST by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: unixfox
This will trigger the dems to rioting even more.

Good.

Let them bring it.

Then arrest them and put them on trial for assault, battery, malicious wounding, disturbing the peace, destruction of property, obstructing traffic, arson, obstruction of justice, conspiracy, terrorism ... and, of course, FRAUD.

8 posted on 01/29/2026 8:20:41 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Isn’t this what the inspector general of each department is supposed to do?

A network of lifetime appointed political hacks who show due diligence by chasing down $2.99 in excess travel reimbursements.

9 posted on 01/29/2026 8:21:44 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

You are very correct, sir.


10 posted on 01/29/2026 8:27:19 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: bitt

Now, all we need is a working Justice System!


11 posted on 01/29/2026 8:36:44 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: bitt

Nice start.

But bring back and authorize an unfettered DOGE department . . .


12 posted on 01/29/2026 9:12:40 AM PST by MCSETots
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To: bitt

Arrest totals ... holding breath


13 posted on 01/29/2026 9:15:25 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: unixfox

As the saying goes, the democrats haven’t been this upset since yesterday.


14 posted on 01/29/2026 10:30:39 AM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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