2026年1月28日 / 美国东部时间晚上7:30 / CBS新闻
周三，总统特朗普提名联邦检察官科林·麦克唐纳（Colin McDonald）担任司法部新部门的助理司法部长，该部门的任务是根除欺诈行为。
麦克唐纳目前担任副司法部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）办公室的副助理司法部长，他的主要职责是监督与司法部执法部门相关的问题，包括联邦调查局（FBI）、缉毒局（Drug Enforcement Administration）以及烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives）。
CBS新闻率先报道了麦克唐纳是该职位的主要候选人。
特朗普在社交媒体上的声明中表示，麦克唐纳“在我们国家有史以来最艰难和风险最高的一些案件中成功伸张了正义”。
麦克唐纳此前在加州南区担任了大约十年的联邦检察官。
布兰奇在一份声明中称，麦克唐纳是政府取得成功的“关键部分”。
“他是一位经验丰富的检察官，热爱家庭、上帝和国家，”布兰奇说。
麦克唐纳的提名需经参议院批准，他将负责监督一个专门致力于根除针对政府的欺诈行为的新部门。
关于该部门的运作方式，目前仍存在许多疑问，许多法律专家和国会议员质疑设立该部门是否重复且不必要。
司法部在华盛顿的多个办公室以及美国各地的联邦检察官办公室已经调查了从医疗保健欺诈到违反《反虚假申报法》等各种刑事和民事欺诈案件。
司法部成立以欺诈为重点的新部门之际，明尼苏达州及其官员因该州日益严重的欺诈丑闻而受到全国关注，检察官估计该欺诈案涉案金额可能超过90亿美元。
然而，参与这些案件的大多数职业联邦检察官本月已辞职，部分原因是担心司法部对一名移民和海关执法局（ICE）特工枪杀雷尼·古德（Renee Good）致死事件调查的处理方式。
司法部正从其他办公室抽调检察资源前往明尼苏达州处理工作，并且还寻求五角大楼提供军事律师和法医审计人员的协助。
Trump taps senior official in Deputy Attorney General’s office for new role to root out fraud
January 28, 2026 / 7:30 PM EST / CBS News
President Trump on Wednesday nominated federal prosecutor Colin McDonald to serve as assistant attorney general for a new Justice Department division tasked with rooting out fraud.
McDonald currently serves as associate deputy attorney general in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office, where his primary responsibility is to oversee issues pertaining to the Justice Department’s law enforcement components, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
CBS News was the first to report that McDonald was the lead candidate for the job.
In a statement on social media, Mr. Trump said McDonald had “successfully delivered Justice in some of the most difficult and high stakes cases our Country has ever seen.”
McDonald previously served for about a decade as a federal prosecutor in California’s Southern District.
In a statement, Blanche said McDonald has been a “key part” of the administration’s success.
“He is an experienced prosecutor who loves family, God and country,” Blanche said.
McDonald, whose nomination will require Senate approval, will be tasked with overseeing a new division dedicated to rooting out fraud against the government.
Many questions still remain about how the division will work, and many legal experts and lawmakers have questioned whether its creation is duplicative and unnecessary.
Multiple offices across the Justice Department in Washington and in the country’s U.S. Attorney’s offices already investigate both criminal and civil fraud cases, from healthcare fraud to violations of the False Claims Act.
The creation of a new fraud-focused division at the Justice Department comes as Minnesota and its officials have come under nationwide scrutiny over a growing fraud scandal in the state, which prosecutors estimate could top $9 billion.
Most of the career federal prosecutors who were working on those cases, however, resigned this month, in part amid concerns over the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into the fatal shooting death of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
The Justice Department is surging prosecutorial resources from other offices to Minnesota to handle the workflow, and it has also sought assistance from the Pentagon for assistance from its military attorneys and forensic auditors.
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