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struggle4progress

(126,730 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:35 PM 5 hrs ago

23 state AGs skip Vance's anti-fraud meeting

May. 26, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT
By Julianne McShane and Emily Hung

Attorneys general from 23 states plus Washington, D.C., skipped an anti-fraud task force meeting hosted by Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday afternoon, citing “short notice.”

In a letter obtained by MS NOW, the attorneys general — all Democrats — wrote that they “are committed to stopping fraud, waste, and abuse in all government programs,” but suggested the event was planned too much at the last minute to facilitate their attendance.

“While we would appreciate the opportunity to engage in serious discussions, the invitation was provided with less than one business day’s notice with no agenda,” the attorneys general wrote. “This short notice does not match the spirit of collaboration that has long defined our joint efforts with federal partners.”

A source familiar with the planning of the meeting told MS NOW that the Democratic attorneys general received the invitation on Friday afternoon with a deadline to RSVP by the next day, while Republican attorneys general received the invitation days earlier ...

https://www.ms.now/news/almost-two-dozen-state-attorneys-general-skip-vances-anti-fraud-meeting

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23 state AGs skip Vance's anti-fraud meeting (Original Post) struggle4progress 5 hrs ago OP
JD, who pimps for Donald Fucking Trump, wants to talk about FRAUD Skittles 5 hrs ago #1
Administration has undermined the fight against public corruption struggle4progress 5 hrs ago #2
Maybe they should have gone Figarosmom 3 hrs ago #3
Every Federal case needs a State charge. BidenRocks 3 hrs ago #4
What a surprise. Shitface Vance Cha 3 hrs ago #5
This time it wasn't a fuck up dflprincess 3 hrs ago #7
Right? That's what I meant by Cha 2 hrs ago #8
Fucking good. The GOP doesn't give a flying fuck about "fraud." To them, it's a convenient catch-all boogeyman they use Karasu 3 hrs ago #6

struggle4progress

(126,730 posts)
2. Administration has undermined the fight against public corruption
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:39 PM
5 hrs ago

May 13, 20265:00 AM ET
Ryan Lucas

In 2024, a federal jury needed just two hours to return a guilty verdict for former Las Vegas councilwoman Michele Fiore for pocketing some $70,000 in donations to build a memorial for police officers killed in the line of duty — and spending it instead on herself, including rent and her daughter's wedding.

Then, weeks before Fiore was scheduled to be sentenced in May 2025, President Trump granted her a full, unconditional pardon.

Fiore is one of at least 15 former elected officials and their co-conspirators who were either charged with or convicted of corruption offenses — and then pardoned by Trump after he returned to office last year ...

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/g-s1-121485/trump-pardons-public-corruption-justice

Figarosmom

(13,654 posts)
3. Maybe they should have gone
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:40 PM
3 hrs ago

Since quite obviously vance didn't want them there. Maybe send one to take notes on what was covered. I'd bet it was how to rig the election or something vance wanted to discuss without Democrats knowing. Not sure them not going was smart.

dflprincess

(29,427 posts)
7. This time it wasn't a fuck up
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:25 PM
3 hrs ago

giving the Democratic AGs one day's notice gives them the chance to run ads about how "no Democrat was interested in prosecuting or preventing fraud". And the media will never correct that.

Cha

(320,820 posts)
8. Right? That's what I meant by
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:43 PM
2 hrs ago

"on purpose". The US government is a Nazi regime.

Since the media is Make America Grotesque Again. The Dems need to get that Message Out!

TY!

Karasu

(2,100 posts)
6. Fucking good. The GOP doesn't give a flying fuck about "fraud." To them, it's a convenient catch-all boogeyman they use
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:14 PM
3 hrs ago

to defund and crack down on policies and institutions they know they wouldn't be able to get away with destroying otherwise.

Notice how they never present any evidence for this "fraudy fraud fraud everywhere!" shit outside of their own tired conspiracy theories. Actual fraud in these programs is ridiculously rare. It's all just a fucking excuse to push fascism and silence dissent.

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