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多位知情人士向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，白宫正在组建一个新的反欺诈特别工作组，该工作组将调查加州及其他州的福利滥用问题，目前正处于由副总统和一家独立消费者保护机构负责人牵头的最终规划阶段。
总统特朗普打算在未来几天签署一项行政命令，任命副总统JD·万斯为该工作组主席。此举旨在向总统表明这一工作的重要性。
联邦官员安德鲁·弗格森（Andrew Ferguson）将担任副主席，其职责是防止消费者被剥削。消息人士称，弗格森目前担任联邦贸易委员会（FTC）主席，他将同时管理该委员会和新工作组的日常活动。
该计划呼吁，特朗普总统提名的司法部新设立的欺诈调查专员科林·麦克唐纳德（Colin McDonald）将隶属于司法部管理体系，直接向司法部长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）和副部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）汇报，但需与万斯和弗格森密切合作。
这种安排可能会引发民主党人和监督机构对白宫是否试图向麦克唐纳德施加政治压力、使其调查特朗普政敌的担忧。
消息人士表示，新的反欺诈努力可能会绕过司法部现有的欺诈部门。部分原因是对职业员工抵制的不满——一些官员认为，这些员工不同意特朗普的某些优先事项和策略，而邦迪和布兰奇在处理这些问题上遇到了困难。
其他官员表示，万斯上月宣布成立的司法部国家欺诈执法部门和这个新工作组的成立，都是为了严厉打击纳税人资助项目中的欺诈行为。
加州审计人员已发现失业救济金、疫情援助和医疗保健项目中存在数十亿美元的欺诈问题。可能在2028年竞选总统的民主党州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）为清理和阻止欺诈行为辩护。
明尼苏达州民主党州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹（Tim Walz）因该州儿童福利和其他福利项目中存在大规模欺诈问题受到审查，已放弃寻求连任。
消息人士称，特朗普签署成立该工作组的时间表可能会推迟到本月晚些时候。
白宫发言人拒绝置评。
万斯目前还担任白宫2026年国际足联世界杯和2028年夏季奥运会特别工作组的副主席，以及共和党全国委员会（RNC）财务主席——这一关键筹款职位使他能够与众多竞选捐赠者建立联系。
他是政府经济议程的主要宣传者之一，频繁前往各州进行游说，并在明尼苏达州发生联邦官员与蕾妮·古德（Renee Good）和亚历克斯·普雷蒂（Alex Pretti）遇袭身亡事件后，成为政府移民政策的核心捍卫者。
在联邦贸易委员会任内，弗格森继续对包括科技巨头在内的美国主要公司提起诉讼，并为消费者追讨退款。亚马逊公司在9月同意支付25亿美元的和解金，联邦贸易委员会目前正在就Meta公司收购Instagram和WhatsApp时涉嫌违反反垄断法提起上诉。
一位熟悉该规划的消息人士本周表示，布兰奇办公室目前仍处于从零开始构建司法部新欺诈部门的早期阶段，包括确定其选址、人员配置以及所需的IT基础设施等因素。
目前还不清楚该部门将如何避免与司法部华盛顿总部及全国美国检察官办公室内现有的多个负责欺诈调查的部门重复设置。
Trump anti-fraud task force targeting California and more states to be led by JD Vance, sources say
February 4, 2026 / 12:09 PM EST / CBS News
A new White House anti-fraud task force that will search for welfare abuses in California and other states is in the final stages of planning by the vice president and the head of an independent consumer protection agency, multiple sources briefed on the plans told CBS News.
President Trump intends to sign an executive order in coming days naming Vice President JD Vance as chairman of the task force, a move that’s meant to signal the importance of the effort to the president.
Andrew Ferguson, a federal official whose job is to prevent consumers from being exploited, will be vice chairman. Ferguson will manage both the Federal Trade Commission, where he is currently chairman, and the daily activities of the new task force, two of the sources said.
The plan calls for Colin McDonald, who has been nominated by Mr. Trump for a newly created fraud investigator role at the Justice Department, to fall within the DOJ’s management structure – reporting to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blanche – but to work closely with Vance and Ferguson.
Such an arrangement will likely trigger concerns from Democrats and watchdogs about whether the White House could try to exert political pressure on McDonald to investigate Mr. Trump’s enemies.
The new anti-fraud efforts could sidestep existing fraud units at the Justice Department. That’s partly because of frustration with resistance from career staff who disagree with some of Mr. Trump’s priorities and tactics, which some officials think Bondi and Blanche have struggled to deal with, one of the sources said.
Other officials said the DOJ’s national fraud enforcement division, which Vance announced last month, and the task force came about because of keen interest in clamping down on fraud in taxpayer-funded programs.
California auditors have discovered billions in fraud in unemployment claims, pandemic assistance, and health care. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely presidential candidate in 2028, has defended efforts to clean up and block fraud.
In Minnesota, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz dropped his reelection bid amid scrutiny of massive fraud in state child care and other welfare programs.
The timeline for Mr. Trump’s signature creating the task force could shift to later this month, sources said.
White House spokespeople declined to comment.
Vance currently serves as the vice chair of the White House’s task forces for the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2026 and 2028 Summer Olympics, and well as finance chair for the Republican National Committee — a key fundraising position that allows him to interact with a network of campaign donors.
He is one of the top messengers of the administration’s economic agenda, traveling to numerous states, and a central defender of the administration’s immigration policies after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in encounters with federal officials in Minnesota.
At the trade commission, Ferguson has continued litigation against major U.S. companies, including tech giants, and has sought refunds for consumers. Amazon in September agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement, and FTC is appealing its case against Meta for allegedly breaking antitrust laws when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp.
Officials in Blanche’s office were still in the early stages of figuring out how to build the Justice Department’s new fraud division from scratch, including factors such as where it will be located, how it will be be staffed and what IT infrastructure needs to be in place, a source familiar with the planning said this week.
It was also unclear how it would be structured to avoid duplicating the several existing units that pursue fraud probes, both at the department’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and in U.S. attorneys’ offices across the country.
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