{"id":2641686,"date":"2026-08-07T07:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-plans-broader-anti-fraud-crackdown-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:09:17","slug":"white-house-plans-broader-anti-fraud-crackdown-ahead-of-midterm-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-plans-broader-anti-fraud-crackdown-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"White House plans broader anti-fraud crackdown ahead of midterm elections"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwhite-house-plans-broader-anti-fraud-crackdown-ahead-of-midterm-elections%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=2641686&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>The White House is expanding its anti-fraud task force to investigate additional federal agencies this fall,aiming to uncover,prevent,adn prosecute fraud more broadly across government programs. Co-led by FTC Chairman andrew Ferguson and Vice President JD Vance, the effort will target new issues and agencies, with public announcements expected to highlight significant findings. Since its inception in March, the task force has identified approximately $230 billion in fraud and prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments, with measures like withholding Medicaid funds and launching the Fraud Ledger website to increase openness.The initiative is expected to remain prominent during the fall midterm elections,influencing public opinion and campaigning,particularly as concerns about government spending and healthcare affordability persist. Political strategists see the task force&#8217;s work as a potent tool for Republicans to mobilize voters and counter democratic attacks. Though distracted by economic concerns such as rising gasoline and grocery prices, proponents argue that fraud reduction connects to lowering healthcare costs and everyday expenses, making it a relevant issue for voters. The administration emphasizes that the fight against fraud is ongoing and will continue to expand in scope and impact.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> anti-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fraud\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3188\">fraud<\/a> task force is preparing to expand its investigations into additional federal agencies this fall, a move that will keep one of the Trump administration\u2019s signature government reform efforts in the spotlight heading into the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ftc\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2093\">Federal Trade Commission <\/a>Chairman Andrew Ferguson, who co-leads the task force with Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a>, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the administration will soon announce investigations and enforcement actions beyond the programs the task force has already targeted.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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affordability vulnerability boils over<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4675690\/anti-fraud-task-force-expand-agencies\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House plans broader anti-fraud crackdown ahead of midterm elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can say that I think what you\u2019re going to see over the coming weeks is that the fraud that we\u2019re searching is expanding to new agencies and new issues, and that we will have big public announcements uncovering, stopping, and prosecuting fraud in programs A) that will surprise you and B) that you would not have thought of as originally part of the task force mandate,\u201d Ferguson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expansion is likely to keep the administration\u2019s anti-fraud initiative in the public eye throughout the fall as voters head to the polls and decide which party will control Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump\u2019s term in office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s tremendous public interest in this, and I do think it\u2019ll play a role in the midterms,\u201d said Ferguson. \u201cWe\u2019ve uncovered a ton of fraud, we\u2019ve stopped a ton of fraud, we\u2019ve prosecuted a ton of fraud, but you\u2019ll see that we\u2019ve uncovered a lot more than we stopped, and that\u2019s because there\u2019s a lot of work still to do to stop more of it as the agencies bring more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sophisticated anti-fraud tools online<\/a>, and as DOJ has picked up the rate of investigations and prosecutions as like Kash Patel has increased resources to go find the fraudsters that have fled the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The broader push is already taking shape. On Thursday, the task force launched the \u201cFraud Ledger,\u201d a website that allows the public to see the fraud exposed across several federal departments, including the top 10 highest-impact anti-fraud actions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services took the top spot by withholding $2 billion in federal Medicaid funds to states like California and deferring $500 million from Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch came a day after Vance said the task force has identified roughly $230 billion in fraud and prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments since it was established in March, figures he described as conservative estimates. Vance also urged Congress to codify the task force\u2019s work to prevent a future administration from reversing its anti-fraud efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans argue those findings could provide another issue to campaign on this fall as voters remain concerned about government spending and affordability. Cases such as Minnesota\u2019s Feeding Our Future scandal, which uncovered widespread fraud in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soybean-oil-linked-to-obesity-as-rfk-jr-food-regs-loom\/\" title=\"Soybean oil linked to obesity as RFK Jr. food regs loom\">federally funded food program<\/a>, have kept the issue in the political spotlight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot only do people care about it, but it\u2019s potent enough to make them take action,\u201d said Ohio GOP strategist Matt Dole, who added it could mobilize more voters on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dole pushed for Republicans to keep the work the task force is doing in the minds of voters while on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey have to follow up,\u201d he cautioned. \u201cThe story is not that there was fraud and we created a task force. I mean, that is a story, don\u2019t get me wrong, but that has the potential to just go away until the next big hit of fraud. But making sure voters know, \u2018Hey, this wasn\u2019t a nothing burger. We went out and found stuff, and we have gotten grand juries to indict.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford O\u2019Connell, a GOP strategist, also claimed that the task force gives the GOP a potent counterattack against Democrats who are hoping to retake control of either the House or the Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen they crack down, particularly like on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, it shifts the spotlight away from Democrats\u2019 attacks on affordability and healthcare,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cAnd frankly, fraud is something everyone can wrap their mind around. And this is everybody\u2019s money. Everyone has a stake in the fraud that they find.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/kff-health-tracking-poll-public-views-on-fraud-in-government-health-programs\/\">KFF Health Tracking Poll<\/a> released last month showed that 55% of Republican voters said it is extremely important for candidates to discuss fraud in government health programs, while 41% of independents said the same, as did 34% of Democrats. In total, 43% of voters said it is extremely important for candidates to discuss fraud in government health programs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that when government saves money and identifies fraud, that\u2019s going to be popular with voters,\u201d said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. \u201cThe problem in the current environment, though, is that that narrative may very well be drowned out by the huge public concern over the economy right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t affect the price of gasoline or groceries, and that\u2019s where the voters are concerned right now,\u201d Farnsworth added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferguson argued fraud reduction is itself a cost-of-living issue, saying that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz have both tied anti-fraud efforts to lowering healthcare costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve heard this anecdotally from members of both chambers that when they go home and talk to their constituents, one of the first things that they hear from their constituents is, \u2018What are we doing to stop the fraud?\u2019 And so I do think that this issue breaks through in an election where a lot of it is going to be about the cost of living,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4675731\/vance-finds-230-billion-fraud-stops-65-billion-fraud-payments\/\">VANCE TOUTS FINDING $230 BILLION IN FRAUD AND STOPPING $56 BILLION IN FRAUD PAYMENTS FROM GOING OUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of the political implications, Ferguson said the administration\u2019s expansion of the task force is only beginning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe momentum will continue as long as we keep our pace up, and we\u2019ll keep our pace up because there\u2019s just so much still to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House anti-fraud efforts to expand before midterms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2641687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217553044680.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[70499,5804,34250,5894,32127],"class_list":["post-2641686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-fraud","tag-crackdown","tag-midterm-elections","tag-politics","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26217553044680.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641686","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641690,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641686\/revisions\/2641690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}