President Trump will sign an executive order Monday to create a nationwide fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance, the White House said. The signing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Eastern (1930 GMT) at the White House. A media report cited a document naming several states as having "insufficient" fraud oversight, a claim Reuters has not independently verified. The move follows a recent dispute in which the administration froze more than $250 million in Minnesota Medicaid funds; Governor Tim Walz called the action "a campaign of retribution."
Trump To Sign Executive Order Creating Nationwide Fraud Task Force Led By VP JD Vance
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives back to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Monday to establish a national task force to investigate alleged fraud across the United States, the White House said. The effort will be led by Vice President JD Vance, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
According to the president's public schedule, Trump and Vance are due to sign the order at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1930 GMT) at the White House.
Leavitt said the order expands on earlier administration efforts, including a directive that previously assigned Vance to oversee investigations related to alleged fraud in Minnesota. "This new executive order will investigate fraud across the country," she told reporters.
States Named In Media Report
The New York Post, citing a document that it said describes the order, identified California, Illinois, New York, Maine and Colorado as states with what it called "insufficient" fraud oversight. Reuters has not independently verified that reporting.
Background: Minnesota Dispute
Last month, Vance publicly criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the state's anti-fraud measures, and the administration froze more than a quarter of a billion dollars in Medicaid funding for Minnesota. Governor Walz condemned the move, calling it "a campaign of retribution."
Karoline Leavitt: "This new executive order will investigate fraud across the country."
Governor Tim Walz: "This is a campaign of retribution."
The White House says the task force aims to co-ordinate federal efforts to detect and deter fraud nationwide. Details about the task force's structure, investigative powers, and the scope of its review have not been released publicly. Media reports naming specific states as priorities are based on a document that has not been independently verified.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Nandita Bose; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by David Ljunggren)
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