Trump Names First-Ever ‘Fraud Czar,’ Raising Concerns of Politicized Investigations

President Donald Trump has nominated a federal prosecutor to a newly created role of fraud investigator after the Trump Administration urged the Justice Department to investigate fraud in Democrat-led states.

If confirmed by the Senate, Colin McDonald would lead a new DOJ unit as “first ever Assistant Attorney General for National FRAUD Enforcement,” Trump announced. The position would be directly supervised by the White House instead of the Justice Department, which has raised questions...