On Thursday in Ohio, Vice President JD Vance, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Vice Chairman of the White House Task Force Andrew Ferguson, and other White House cabinet members, along with Ohio state officials, presented their plans to attack fraud in the state. As my colleague Ben Smith reported, around the same time in D.C., the new House Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held its first hearing on the subject of $1.2 billion in fraud discovered in Ohio’s Medicaid home-health program.
As Chairman of the Fraud Task Force, Vance has a vested interest in seeing states held accountable for the waste, fraud, and malfeasance that is disenfranchising Americans, and has given this serious focus. Since the Task Force’s inception, it has clawed back billions in fraud for the American people, along with the arrest and prosecution of individuals, both domestic and foreign, who are complicit in enacting the fraud. The Task Force began in Minnesota and California, but is rapidly expanding to other states where government programs are being used and abused at the expense of the taxpaying citizen.
When FBI Director Patel took to the podium, he announced another way the VP has made his mark on the Task Force.
WATCH:
.@FBIDirectorKash unveils a new FBI Most Wanted Fraudsters list at a press conference in Ohio:
“I want all Americans to take a look at these Most Wanted individuals, and look at the amounts—the tens of millions and billions of dollars in fraud… Let us know any information.” pic.twitter.com/6OQc7t4rCO
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 4, 2026
It is indeed live on the FBI website, with great detail on the 10 professional fraudsters whom Patel and the agency are looking to take down.
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Vance and the Task Force also announced that Hawaii was the latest state to see their funding cut off because they refuse to address their Medicaid fraud issues.
Hawaii’s attorney general stands to lose around $3 million in federal funding to fight Medicaid fraud after failing to consistently bring criminal cases, the Trump administration said on Thursday, in an escalation of Vice President JD Vance’s campaign against healthcare fraud.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General March Bell sent a letter to Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez informing her that her state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a body that investigates and prosecutes fraud by healthcare providers, has been denied federal certification. HHS will no longer fund the unit, which has been receiving around $3 million annually, Bell wrote.
Hawaii state officials stole around $12M from you. The money was supposed to be used to prosecute fraudsters, but they didn’t indict a single person in 4 years. The Trump Administration will not sit back and do nothing when states waste your tax-dollars. Other states should take… https://t.co/XfJrMVN1ZB
— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 4, 2026
Hawaii state officials stole around $12M from you. The money was supposed to be used to prosecute fraudsters, but they didn’t indict a single person in 4 years. The Trump Administration will not sit back and do nothing when states waste your tax-dollars. Other states should take note. More coming soon.
Through this Task Force, Vance is distinguishing himself through his words and his deeds in matters that are of great concern to Americans.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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