Vance Hosts 15 GOP Attorneys General for Fraud Meeting as 23 States Decline

3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · May 25

About 15 Republican attorneys general are expected at Tuesday’s White House fraud task force meeting, while Democratic attorneys general from 23 states and Washington, D.C., declined Vance’s invitation.
The Democrats said the invitation came with less than one business day’s notice and no agenda, though they said they remain open to working with federal partners on fraud cases.
The meeting is set to focus on White House-state coordination and what resources attorneys general need to pursue fraud in their states.
Vance created a new Justice Department fraud post in January, and the Senate confirmed Colin McDonald to the role in March as the administration expanded the task force across multiple agencies.
That push has centered heavily on Minnesota, where DOJ has executed at least 22 search warrants at day care centers and this week charged 15 people in alleged Medicaid fraud schemes.

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