Trump names nominee to lead DOJ’s new fraud enforcement division

Published January 28, 2026 8:06pm ET



President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has chosen Colin McDonald to serve as the inaugural head of a newly created Department of Justice division focused on combating fraud nationwide.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said he was pleased to nominate McDonald, a longtime federal prosecutor, to head the department he created “to catch and stop FRAUDSTERS that have been STEALING from the American people.”

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