Trump, on Monday, officially created his new fraud task force and appointed Vance to be its Czar.
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President Trump signs an Executive Order putting @VP in charge of the new Anti-Fraud Task Force 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/InjmxCq6zu
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) March 16, 2026
Raw Story had more details to add on Vance’s new position and who will be the first lawmaker who will be investigated:
President Donald Trump on Monday asked his new federal fraud task force to investigate a Democratic lawmaker.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump told Vice President JD Vance and Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, to ensure the new fraud task force they are leading will investigate Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
Republicans have routinely accused Omar of marrying her brother as a way of skirting U.S. immigration law. Omar has denied the accusation, and Snopes has said the rumor “lacks evidence.”
“Somalia is a third-world, maybe a fourth-world nation,” Trump said. “One of the worst. One of the most dangerous. They don’t have councils. They don’t have a government. They don’t have police. They shoot each other all over the place.”
Trump also linked the alleged social services fraud connected to the Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Omar, who is a Somali-American.
“They come here, and they steal $19 billion. It’s crazy,” Trump said. “And Ilhan Omar, I hope this is part of it, but she married her brother, supposedly. I mean, there is a lot of documentation. That means she’s here illegally, and she’s a Congresswoman. I hope you’re going to be looking at that or somebody is because she’s one of the ring leaders here. She’s bad news.”
Trump first announced plans to establish a new federal fraud task force during his State of the Union address in February. On Monday, he signed an executive order establishing the task force and appointing Vance as its leader.
Trump made sure Vance knew this was a real position and just not an empty title:
“Remember Kamala was the Border Czar and she never went to the border!” @POTUS 🤣 pic.twitter.com/5zYCo32tPM
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) March 16, 2026
WJAC reported who else will join the Fraud Task Force:
Vance will be joined by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson as the vice chair of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
White House aide Stephen Miller will also be a senior adviser. Cabinet members will also be joining.
“In states across the country, fraudsters are depriving vulnerable citizens of basic social services, stealing billions of your tax dollars, and eroding America’s social fabric,” a spokesperson for Vance said.
