Summary
Donald Trump directed Vice President JD Vance to focus on alleged corruption and crime in Democratic-led Minnesota, California, and Illinois. Trump’s directive shifts Vance’s attention from diplomacy with Iran; Trump said the United States did not need a deal with Tehran for now.
Key Facts
- Trump said billions of dollars were being stolen each month in the states he named.
- Vance chairs the administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
- The Feeding Our Future scheme in Minnesota diverted about $250 million from a federal pandemic program intended to feed children.
- By April, 65 defendants in the Feeding Our Future case had been convicted.
- In May, a judge sentenced nonprofit founder Aimee Bock to 500 months in prison.
- The Justice Department announced charges against 15 people in alleged Minnesota Medicaid and child-care schemes involving more than $90 million in intended losses.
- Trump’s June financial disclosure reported more than $1 billion in crypto-related income for 2025, much of it through World Liberty Financial, a firm associated with his sons.
- The White House denies that Trump has conflicts of interest.
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