Fraud Task Force: Minnesota SNAP reciepts not available

(The Center Square) – Vice President JD Vance held the first meeting of the White House Fraud Task Force on Friday. Leaders in the task force highlighted goals and expressed frustration over not receiving receipts on Minnesota’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

The task force included various cabinet secretaries and members of the Trump administration including U.S. Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller, FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson, and Vance.

Vance said many fraud protections in the government were stopped during President Joe Biden’s administration. He said the task force would be focused on increasing communication between cabinet secretaries about fraud concerns and administering anti-fraud protections.

“What we’re going to actually do is force the bureaucracy to take it seriously and work together as political principles to make sure that we stop allowing fraudsters to steal the American people’s money,” Vance said.

Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, is set to lead the task fo...