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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jan 29, 2026, 02:43 PM Jan 29

Trump taps senior DOJ official for new role to root out fraud

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."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-taps-senior-doj-official-003045402.html

Rooting out or planting evidence. I thought Doge was supposed to be searching for fraud.

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Trump taps senior DOJ official for new role to root out fraud (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 29 OP
He needs to start at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Jerry2144 Jan 29 #1
You beat me to it. UTUSN Jan 29 #3
Just another slight of hand... pandr32 Jan 29 #2
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