{"id":2580486,"date":"2026-03-16T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-executive-order-gives-jd-vance-the-chance-to-go-after-walz-newsom-hochul\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:51:43","slug":"new-executive-order-gives-jd-vance-the-chance-to-go-after-walz-newsom-hochul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-executive-order-gives-jd-vance-the-chance-to-go-after-walz-newsom-hochul\/","title":{"rendered":"New Executive Order Gives JD Vance the Chance to Go After Walz, Newsom, Hochul"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-executive-order-gives-jd-vance-the-chance-to-go-after-walz-newsom-hochul%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is reported to sign an executive order appointing Vice President J.D. Vance to lead an \u201canti-fraud task force\u201d that will investigate fraud across the country\u2019s social programs. The initiative, described by White House press officials as a nationwide effort to root out fraud, will involve a extensive strategy with states partnering with the federal government to oversee housing, food, medical care, and financial assistance. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson will serve as vice chair, and White House aide Stephen Miller will be a senior adviser. The order cites vulnerabilities in several states-California, Illinois, New York, Maine, and Colorado-where weak safeguards could permit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-bidens-choice-to-oversee-covid-unemployment-benefits-lost-600-million-in-coronavirus-relief-to-nigerian-scammers\/\" title=\"Joe Biden\u2019s Choice To Oversee COVID Unemployment Benefits Lost 0 Million In Coronavirus Relief To Nigerian Scammers\">large-scale fraud<\/a>. A Vance representative is quoted as saying fraud deprives vulnerable citizens and threatens the integrity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/erickson-let-david-slay-goliath\/\" title=\"ERICKSON: Let David Slay Goliath\">social safety net<\/a>.The push follows actions such as a Medicaid funding pause in Minnesota, amounting to about $259.5 million in quarterly federal funding, intended to prevent improper disbursements. The overall aim is to set standards, verify identities, and coordinate state and federal efforts to curb fraud nationwide.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance is being named America&rsquo;s fraudbuster in chief.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order putting Vance in charge of an &ldquo;anti-fraud task force&rdquo; to &ldquo;investigate fraud across the country,&rdquo; according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-jd-vance-minnesota-fraud-b2939480.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/16\/us-news\/trump-to-formally-name-vance-chair-of-fraud-task-force-with-these-states-in-crosshairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> said a White House document describing the order says &ldquo;there is strong reason to believe similar vulnerabilities exist in California, Illinois, New York, Maine, and Colorado, where insufficient safeguards and weak oversight increase the risk of large-scale fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson will be vice chair of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. White House aide Stephen Miller will be a senior adviser.<\/p>\n<p>The order calls for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-announces-plans-to-sue-biden-over-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"RNC Announces Plans to Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate\">comprehensive national strategy<\/a> against fraud in which states partner with the federal government to provide housing, food, medical care, and financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); 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America (@america) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/america\/status\/2033553497661051094?\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  The order will call for standards to be set to avert fraud, including documentation and proof of identity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In states across the country, fraudsters are depriving vulnerable citizens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-needs-4-billion-a-month-to-keep-government-operating-imf\/\" title=\"Ukraine Needs  Billion a Month to Keep Government Operating: IMF\">basic social services<\/a>, stealing billions of your tax dollars, and eroding America&rsquo;s social fabric,&rdquo; a Vance representative said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This fraud has happened on such a massive scale that it&rsquo;s endangering the future viability of America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >entire social safety net<\/a>,&rdquo; the representative said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump Administration is responding with a whole-of-government war on fraud that includes multiple stakeholders who will follow the fraud wherever it leads,&rdquo; the representative said.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Vance noted that at least $19 billion in fraud occurred across the multiple scandals that have rocked Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated California may come under the fraud microscope next.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know there&rsquo;s a lot of fraud in California, and we&rsquo;re trying to get to the bottom of exactly what it looks like,&rdquo; Vance said Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vance-reveals-19b-fraud-uncovered-minneapolis-hints-california-next-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; BREAKING: Trump CMS Administrator Dr. Oz just launched a MASSIVE $124 BILLION investigation into New York Medicaid fraud &mdash; NYP<\/p>\n<p>Oz confirmed with JD Vance that NY has MUCH higher Medicaid spending than the rest of the country by nearly 80%<\/p>\n<p>OZ TO NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: &ldquo;The&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1BSmjy0eEO\">pic.twitter.com\/1BSmjy0eEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2028899904773410920?\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the president has really empowered us to do this &hellip; to take the first national look at the way the American people have been defrauded over many, many years,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One indication of the administration&rsquo;s approach came several weeks ago as Vance, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a Medicaid funding freeze impacting Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure that, after months of reports of fraud in Minnesota, more money does not go where it should not, $259.5 million of quarterly federal funding for Medicaid will be paused, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/trump-administration-prioritizes-affordability-announcing-major-crackdown-health-care-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Vance, with the goal of investigating fraud across the United States. The effort, described as a whole-of-government campaign, would involve a national strategy and state-federal collaboration to protect funding for housing, food, medical care, and financial assistance. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson would serve as vice chair, and White House aide Stephen Miller would be a senior adviser. The order envisions setting standards to prevent fraud, including required documentation and identity verification, and suggests that vulnerabilities in several states-California, Illinois, New York, Maine, and Colorado-stem from weak safeguards and oversight. A Vance spokesperson warned that fraud deprives vulnerable people of services, wastes tax dollars, and endangers the social safety net, signaling that the administration will pursue fraud across multiple government sectors. Vance noted past fraud in Minnesota and indicated California could come under closer scrutiny next, as the administration emphasizes broad enforcement against fraud. There have been reports of a large Medicaid fraud probe tied to New York, and the administration has already paused a significant portion of Minnesota\u2019s quarterly Medicaid funding to ensure money goes where it is owed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2580487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JD-Vance-fraud.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73156,8433,75924,3678,27318],"class_list":["post-2580486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-executive-order-2","tag-hochul","tag-jd-vance-2","tag-newsom","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JD-Vance-fraud.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580490,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580486\/revisions\/2580490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}