BREAKING: President Trump Announces First Ever Assistant Attorney General to Investigate Fraud Nationwide
President Trump on Wednesday announced he has nominated Colin McDonald to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement.
The new position will be Senate-confirmed, and Senate Majority Leader Thune has promised a swift confirmation.
“I am pleased to nominate Colin McDonald to serve as the first ever Assistant Attorney General for National FRAUD Enforcement, a new Division at the Department of Justice, which I created to catch and stop FRAUDSTERS that have been STEALING from the American People,” Trump said.
“My Administration has uncovered Fraud schemes in States like Minnesota and California, where these thieves have stolen Hundreds of Billions of Taxpayer Dollars. Colin McDonald is a very Smart, Tough, and Highly Respected AMERICA FIRST Federal Prosecutor who has successfully delivered Justice in some of the most difficult and high stakes cases our Country has ever seen. Together, we will END THE FRAUD, and RESTORE INTEGRITY to our Federal Programs. Congratulations Colin — STOP THE SCAMS!” Trump said.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche praised Colin McDonald.
“Colin is a rockstar, who was instrumental in our team’s mission of Making America Safe Again. He is a consummate prosecutor who loves God, family, and country and will serve the President and the American people well,” Todd Blanche said.
Colin is a rockstar, who was instrumental in our team's mission of Making America Safe Again. He is a consummate prosecutor who loves God, family, and country and will serve the President and the American people well. https://t.co/Plr4Mz9C3T
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) January 29, 2026
The new assistant attorney general’s work will begin in Minnesota after it was revealed that Somali fraudsters stole billions of dollars of taxpayer money in various schemes.
“It has all the benefits, all the resources, all the authority of a special counsel, but with two crucial differences,” Vice President JD Vance said earlier this month to reporters in the press briefing room.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi will not be supervising Colin McDonald.
Vance continued, “Number one, it will be run out of the White House under the supervision of me and the President United States.”
“And number two, it’s actually constitutionally legitimate. As you guys may know, the special counsel statute has some major constitutional questions,” he said.
“When we get the bad guys, we want to make sure we get them permanently, and they don’t have some legal technicality they can get out of, which is why we set it up as an associate attorney general,” he said.
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