The Trump administration’s ongoing war with fraudsters continues apace. On Monday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on Fox News’ morning program, Fox & Friends, to give host Lawrence Jones an update on the Justice Department’s actions and how much money has been recovered – and we’re not talking small change.
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.@DAGToddBlanche: “We are making getting fraudsters in jail a priority… just in the past two months, we’ve managed to bring $5B back to the coffers of this government that was just stolen—STOLEN—by these fraudsters… we’re going to keep on doing it.” pic.twitter.com/Ei8oGAPsvV
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 22, 2026
Here’s how that conversation went:
Lawrence Jones: Let’s talk about some of the fraud that’s going on across the country. We’re talking about, in one case, $1.2 billion. I know you guys have, in the Department of Justice, an attorney general that strictly focuses on that. You all got this person; they were hiding in the Philippines. How did you all get them back into the country?
Acting AG Todd Blanche: Again, it was a good local partnership with the FBI, working with us, working with our international partners, and making this a priority. So, we are making… getting fraudsters in jail a priority, and this guy had pled guilty many years ago in 2019, and had then fled. He’s responsible for over a billion dollars in fraud. And so, that’s one example of the hundreds of examples. Just in the past two months, we’ve managed to bring $5 billion back to the coffers of this government that was just stolen, stolen by these fraudsters. So, that’s just a couple of months. We’re going to keep on doing it. The vice president, leading that effort with President Trump, and then the DOJ. It’s not just the DOJ. It’s HHS. It’s the Department of Education. The reason why the task force that the vice president is leading has been so effective is because it’s an all-of-government approach to going and getting money that has been stolen from the generosity of the American taxpayer.
LJ: And many of these people that you’re going after are, I’ve only got 30 seconds here, are not even legal citizens of this country.
TB: That’s right.
LJ: And some of them have become American citizens. And you guys want to denaturalize these people.
TB: Right. And that’s what every American should want. To become a citizen of this great country, there’s a few things you have to do, one of which is be truthful, and another one is you cannot be committing crimes before you become a citizen. And unfortunately, we’ve seen that too much.
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A billion here, and a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.
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Note that the acting AG makes two points here. There’s a lot more to this than just reeling back as much of the stolen money as possible, and who knows where that amount may end up. There’s also more to it than just jailing the fraudsters, although convicted fraudsters richly deserve time on the wrong side of prison bars (or, in their cases, the right side). But the denaturalization, that’s something that the Trump administration should also vigorously pursue.
Why? American citizenship should not, must not be something that’s just casually handed out. It should go only to people who intend to become Americans, who came here to work, to build, to grow, to become part of America. If any of these people are found to be criminals, by fraud or indeed any other illegal acts, then they should, after their prison terms, be stripped of their citizenship and unceremoniously returned to the country they came from. And, no, it’s not enough of an excuse to claim that their countries don’t want them back. Put them on a plane, from an intermediate stop if necessary, with a one-way ticket, and make sure they get off.
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Meanwhile, the roundup of fraudsters continues. It’s a safe bet we’ll see more. Likely, a lot more.
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