Today, I’m fighting for you—the taxpayers—and setting the record straight once again.

Why? Because fraud schemes are running rampant across this nation like cockroaches in a New York City subway station, and for years, the swamp in Washington let it happen.

Billions. Hundreds of billions. Maybe even trillions, depending on which estimate you believe. All stolen while hardworking Americans footed the bill. But now, for the first time in years, there’s a White House willing to crack down on the epidemic instead of pretending it doesn’t exist.

President Donald J. Trump and his administration are going after fraud with a sledgehammer—and the results are already pouring in.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, the floodgates flew open. Remember the COVID relief frenzy? Trillions of taxpayer dollars rushed out the door with almost no safeguards, and fraudsters treated it like they’d hit the Powerball.

The Paycheck Protection Program—PPP loans that were supposed to keep small businesses alive during the pandemic—turned into one of the largest grifts in American history. The Small Business Administration’s own Inspector General estimated potentially fraudulent PPP loans at around $64 billion, while broader pandemic relief fraud across programs may have topped $200 billion.

Crooks set up fake companies, used stolen identities, and collected checks for businesses that never even existed. Your tax dollars bought luxury cars, exotic vacations, jewelry, and nights at strip clubs.

Unemployment fraud? More than $100 billion in questionable claims, including ghost applicants and people double-dipping while working under the table.

Vice President J.D. Vance hosted a fraud roundtable this week and laid out just how deep the corruption goes. Listen:

And these weren’t victimless crimes. Real small businesses got squeezed out while professional scammers laughed all the way to the bank.

Then there’s Medicare and Medicaid—government programs that bleed money every single year through fraud, waste, and abuse.

In one massive 2025 healthcare fraud takedown alone, authorities charged 324 defendants tied to more than $14.6 billion in false claims—the largest healthcare fraud bust in American history.

Doctors billed for procedures never performed. Pharmacies pushed unnecessary medications. International crime rings used stolen identities to milk taxpayer-funded programs dry. In California, one man alone pleaded guilty to a $270 million Medicaid drug fraud scheme.

And that’s just scratching the surface.

Government-wide improper payments tied to fraud and abuse total hundreds of billions annually. Fake hospice claims. Bogus home healthcare operations. Bid-rigging schemes. Identity theft networks. Fraudsters have been treating the federal government like an ATM with no PIN number required.

President Trump says the scale of it all is almost impossible to comprehend. Listen:

This isn’t just incompetence—it’s what happens when bloated bureaucracy replaces accountability.

Critics argue lax verification systems and overwhelmed agencies created the perfect environment for fraud networks to thrive. Welfare programs, student aid systems, pandemic relief funds—everything became vulnerable.

Andrew Ferguson, co-chair of Trump’s anti-fraud task force, says many of these operations exploited weak enforcement and systemic loopholes. Listen:

Ferguson also described how widespread fraud has fundamentally changed daily life and eroded public trust in government systems.

Americans shouldn’t have to live this way—and Trump says he’s determined to fix it.

Unlike the usual Washington photo-op commissions that issue reports nobody reads, Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud was built for enforcement. Vice President JD Vance was tapped to lead a coordinated crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse across federal benefit programs.

That means verifying eligibility, freezing suspicious payments, improving data-sharing between agencies, and aggressively prosecuting bad actors.

And the administration says the crackdown is already delivering results.

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, alongside HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Vance, announced major actions targeting healthcare fraud. Billions in suspicious Medicare payments have reportedly been suspended using advanced analytics and fraud detection systems.

Federal officials also imposed a nationwide moratorium on new enrollments for certain durable medical equipment suppliers—long associated with fraudulent wheelchair and oxygen equipment schemes targeting seniors.

In Minnesota, Medicaid funding tied to questionable claims was deferred. In California, suspicious hospice operations are now under intense scrutiny.

Stephen Miller says the effort could completely change the trajectory of the country.

Meanwhile, Trump’s Department of Justice is escalating healthcare fraud enforcement at historic levels. That $14.6 billion takedown sent a clear message: the administration intends to target everything from fake claims to kickback operations and organized fraud rings.

Trump pushed similar anti-fraud efforts during his first term, but now, with stronger political backing and a renewed mandate, the strategy has accelerated dramatically.

Executive orders are reportedly breaking down information silos between agencies so investigators can identify suspicious activity faster. Federal task forces are reviewing contracts, student loan programs, and pandemic-era lending operations. Authorities have already blocked suspicious borrowers and referred major PPP and EIDL fraud cases for recovery.

And here’s the bottom line: every dollar stolen through fraud is a dollar that doesn’t go to veterans, infrastructure, or Americans who genuinely need help.

It fuels inflation. It deepens debt. It weakens public trust.

This should be a bipartisan issue—but notably, every Democrat attorney general reportedly skipped the fraud roundtable entirely.

That absence raised plenty of eyebrows.

Trump’s allies argue fraud thrives when government grows too large to monitor effectively. Supporters of the administration say restoring accountability requires stronger borders, tighter verification systems, and aggressive oversight of taxpayer spending.

And Trump himself isn’t shying away from controversy.

Representative Ilhan Omar has repeatedly denied wrongdoing surrounding Minnesota-based pandemic fraud scandals. However, critics continue raising questions about her connections to organizations and individuals later accused or convicted in fraud investigations.

Convicted Feeding Our Future ringleader Aimee Bock claimed in a jailhouse interview that Omar was aware of concerns surrounding fraudulent meal claims through community outreach and contacts with her office. Omar has denied those allegations.

Additional scrutiny has centered on campaign donations tied to individuals later implicated in fraud cases, though no criminal charges against Omar have been filed.

Still, the broader political fight over accountability is only intensifying.

Trump’s supporters argue the administration’s anti-fraud campaign represents something much bigger than recovering stolen money—it’s about rebuilding confidence that government can still protect taxpayers instead of enabling grift.

And after surviving years of investigations, impeachment battles, legal warfare, and even assassination attempts, Trump appears more determined than ever to reshape Washington on his terms.

His administration says billions have already been suspended or recovered. Prosecutions are increasing. Systems are being hardened. Programs once treated as untouchable are now under the microscope.

For many Americans, that’s long overdue.

Because this fight isn’t just about fraud.

It’s about whether taxpayers still matter.

And according to Trump, the era of looking the other way is officially over.