Vance Announces Multi-state Crackdown in Wake of Minnesota Scandal [WATCH]

Vice President JD Vance announced a new federal task force on Thursday to tackle fraud nationwide. Vance says the Justice Department will create a new associate attorney general position to address fraud, in addition to the 1,500 subpoenas and 100 indictments the DOJ has already issued on the issue.

Vance says the administration hopes to announce a nominee to the position “within the next few days.”

“This is the person that is going to make sure we stop defrauding the American people,” Vance said. “We have activated a major Interagency task force to make it possible to get to the heart of this fraud,” he continued. “We also want to expand this. We know that the fraud isn’t just happening in Minneapolis. It’s also happening in states like Ohio. It’s happening in states like California.”

Vance made the announcement alongside White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a Thursday briefing. Prior to Vance’s remarks, Leavitt reiterated the administration’s rock-solid support for federal immigration officers operating across the country.

Addressing the deadly officer-involved shooting in Minnesota on Wednesday, she blamed the incident on an “organized attack” by a “broader left-wing network” on federal officers operating in multiple states.

The statement echoed comments from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the victim, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, tried to “weaponize her vehicle” and “attempted to run a law enforcement officer over.”

Noem also accused Good of “stalking and impeding” federal agents all day. Noem told reporters that Good was instructed to get out of her car and stop “obstructing” law enforcement, but she did not comply.

The agency is labeling the incident as an act of “domestic terrorism.”

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