BREAKING: Trump Unleashes New Fraud Dept to Minnesota
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Jay Sekulow
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Vice President JD Vance announced the creation of a new Department of Justice division to combat fraud nationwide. The Trump Administration established this DOJ division following a rise in fraud in states like Minnesota. The Sekulow team discusses the White House sending federal prosecutors to Minnesota as part of its national fraud enforcement efforts, Attorney General Pam Bondi's statement, the scandals under Gov. Tim Walz's watch, the ACLJ's legal work – and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | We've got breaking news. |
| 0:01.5 | The Department of Justice creates a new assistant attorney general to tackle fraud. |
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| 0:55.5 | So we are here taking your phone calls. It's a Friday, 1-800-684-31-10, 1-800-484-311-0. Of course, covering all the news that has happened over the last week. So if you have a question or comment related to really any of the topics, we'll be happy to talk to you later on in the show. We're going to be joined by Rick Grinnell and Mike Pompeo. |
| 0:55.6 | So it's going to be a packed second half of the topics. We'll be happy to talk to you later on in the show. We're going to be joined by Rick Grinnell and Mike Pompeo. |
| 1:09.7 | It's going to be a packed second half of the show. So unlike usual, where I take calls at the very end of the show, I'm actually going to be taking them through the first few segments. So now is the time to get on hold if you want to get on hold, 1-800-484-31-10. and one of the big breaking news items as that J.D. Vance and the Department of Justice |
| 1:11.6 | has now announced that they are creating a new |
| 1:14.1 | position. 6, 8, 4, 31, 10, one of the big breaking news items, as that J.D. Vance and the Department of Justice |
| 1:11.6 | has now announced that they are creating a new position, and it is the new Assistant Attorney |
| 1:17.5 | General specifically to target and to tackle fraud. That's right. So this is really in response |
| 1:23.9 | to what people have been calling for, saying, is there ever going to be |
| 1:27.6 | accountability? Are they going to go after anyone? Now, I think there's one, it should be |
| 1:33.3 | welcome news to a lot of people, but also in some ways may delay some things. Investigations can |
| 1:38.6 | continue on that may have already started. But this assistant attorney general that will be specifically for |
| 1:46.3 | fraud, will have national jurisdiction, so not just in Minnesota, not just in California, |
| 1:51.2 | but can really go after and prosecute fraud wherever it is found, but they said that this |
| 1:58.9 | position will be announced. |
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