Trump announces 'fraud' crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California

[debsy]

Source: The Guardian

US president makes baseless claims about fraud in blue states and says JD Vance will lead clampdown as ‘fraud czar’

Donald Trump announced a fresh crackdown on “fraud” in Democratic states and tapped JD Vance to lead the charge. Officials swiftly announced a string of arrests in California.

In a Truth Social post on Friday, the US president announced that his vice-president was now “in charge of ‘fraud’ in the United States”, claiming the problem is “massive and pervasive” and that Vance’s new role as “fraud czar” will be “a major factor in how great the future of our country will be”.

Without citing evidence, Trump said that Vance would focus on “everywhere but primarily in those blue states where crooked Democrat politicians … have had a ‘free for all’ in the unprecedented theft of taxpayer money”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/trump-vance-fraud-arrest-crackdown-california

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“‘free for all’ in the unprecedented theft of taxpayer money”

Project much??

[vapor2]

1. Someone tell this vindictive asshole that the FRAUD begins in the WH

[Irish_Dem]

2. Psychopath accusing his victims of the crimes he himself commits.

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. When was the grand jury empaneled that handed down the indictments?

Important details are missing.

[FakeNoose]

4. Wow, is this true? People can be arrested for FRAUD?

OK then. Half of Washington DC needs to be arrested by Monday!
As soon as Chump returns from his latest golfing weekend.

[Mme. Defarge]

5. If he's blaming Dems

he’s lying and projecting.

[groundloop]

6. tRump is correct, there's now rampant fraud in the US......

He should know, he and his oligarchs have been the beneficiary of the vast majority of it.

[Tim S]

7. Wow! That will drive even MORE votes to democrats. Way to go, Swift-O!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Was it Orban or Putin that suggested this?

Oldest trick in the book by a failing despot. Try to take the heat off yourself by arresting your opponents,

[AZLD4Candidate]

9. More prosecutions that die in discovery or get tossed out of court. Hopefully with prejudice this time.