The number should make every hardworking American's blood boil: one trillion dollars. That's what Senator Eric Schmidt estimates is being systematically stolen from U.S. taxpayers every single year through organized fraud networks operating across multiple states—and President Trump just gave Vice President JD Vance unprecedented authority to hunt them down.
In the most consequential appointment of his second term, Trump has officially named Vance to lead the War on Fraud and Anti-Corruption Task Force with a mandate to investigate and prosecute fraud networks that have been pillaging federal programs while the political establishment looked the other way for years.
Here's what the corrupt corporate media won't tell you: This investigation started four months ago. Vance isn't starting from scratch—he's weaponizing an existing body of evidence that Trump says points to fraud so massive that recovering it could balance the entire federal budget overnight.
Prison Time for Fraudsters
Vance wasted no time making his intentions clear. The Vice President confirmed the Department of Justice will be throwing fraudsters in prison while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent examines income tax records to trace exactly how Americans have been defrauded. Vance described investigative tools that have never been used before and confirmed the probe will run aggressively for at least a year with no end date.
The numbers from just Minnesota alone are staggering—Trump cited $19 billion pillaged through fraudulent daycare centers and welfare schemes. But Minnesota is only the beginning. California, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Maine are potentially even worse.
"How many illegal aliens are on Medicaid, drawing billions meant for citizens? How many fraudulent daycare centers were set up stealing money meant for American families?"
Think about what this means for every truck driver, construction worker, and small business owner playing by the rules while billions of their tax dollars get siphoned into fraudulent programs benefiting people who shouldn't even be in this country.
Political Machines About to Fall
The fraud networks Vance is about to dismantle are connected to political machines, donor networks, and immigration pipelines that powerful people on both sides have profited from for decades. Schmidt, fresh from confirmation hearings, says criminal prosecutions are coming and the total fraud could exceed one trillion annually.
If a citizen journalist with a cell phone camera can uncover fraud the entire DOJ missed, what does that say about every politician who ignored this massive theft? The fraudsters just ran out of time—and Vance has the keys to bring them to justice.