World May 27, 2026 · 1 min read

Democrats say they were shut out of fraud event after Vance says crackdown ‘should not be a partisan’

State attorneys general say their deputies were turned away and criticized the White House for ‘politicizing’ fraud issuesThree Democratic state attorneys general said their deputies were turned away from a roundtable hosted by JD Vance on Tuesday, sowing confusion about what the White House has bil...

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The Guardian
by Michael Sainato
Democrats say they were shut out of fraud event after Vance says crackdown ‘should not be a partisan’

State attorneys general say their deputies were turned away and criticized the White House for ‘politicizing’ fraud issues

Three Democratic state attorneys general said their deputies were turned away from a roundtable hosted by JD Vance on Tuesday, sowing confusion about what the White House has billed as a bipartisan crackdown on fraud.

After attorneys general – including New York’s Letitia James, California’s Rob Bonta and New Jersey’s Jennifer Davenport – declined a last-minute invitation to participate in the event alongside their Republican counterparts, they said representatives from their offices travelled to Washington to attend, but were shut out.

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