2026年9月23日 美国东部时间早上7:30 / 福克斯新闻
众议院民主党人让特朗普赢得了反欺诈方面的胜利，但在参议院，情况可能有所不同
作者：亚历克斯·米勒、伊丽莎白·埃尔金德 福克斯新闻
凭借在众议院的胜利，密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特希望将唐纳德·特朗普总统的司法部反欺诈部门永久化，但他不确定民主党同僚是否会加入。
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独家首发福克斯新闻： 众议院民主党人为唐纳德·特朗普总统的反欺诈部门在其总统任期结束后继续存续铺平了道路，但一名共和党人担心参议院的结果会有所不同。
参议员埃里克·施密特在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，他将提出一项法案，将国家欺诈执法部门永久化。此前一项类似法案在众议院以压倒性优势通过。这位议员在周二晚参议院复会后正式提出了这项法案。
但参议院的政治生态截然不同，民主党人可能不愿在中期选举前让特朗普取得胜利，这可能会挫败他的计划。施密特在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时辩称，自今年早些时候曝光规模庞大的明尼苏达州欺诈丑闻以来，民主党一直处于守势。
民主党人不情愿地让特朗普在针对蒂姆·瓦尔兹的欺诈项目上取得重大胜利
2026年9月18日，华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室，唐纳德·特朗普总统在一场关于医疗保健的活动中回答记者提问。（杰奎琳·马丁/美联社）
“他们在这方面非常戒备，你知道，事实上——也许这与他们在移民问题上那种有毒的共情或自杀式共情有关，他们袒护这些索马里欺诈者，也许他们为了维护每一个来到美国的群体，哪怕他们在欺骗美国民众，这种本能压倒了他们的理性。”
尽管如此，包括众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯在内的众议院民主党人上周还是不情愿地让特朗普取得了胜利，投票支持将他的反欺诈特别工作组永久化。这次两党投票之际，民主党人正在就根除浪费、欺诈和滥用职权的信息进行调整。
纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼日益成为党内进步派领袖之一，他警告称，民主党在生活质量和根除浪费欺诈等问题上已经让步，而发现浪费已经成为一个“右翼关切”，而非民主党可以倡导的议题。
民主党人在大规模制裁法案中不情愿地让特朗普在关税问题上取得胜利
“我知道我们生活在一个高度党派化的时代，我明白这一点，”施密特说，“但有些事情我认为不应该党派化。节省纳税人的钱应该是我们所有人都关注的事情。”
“我的意思是，这些罪犯，你知道，他们在窃取美国纳税人以及重要项目潜在受益者的钱财，”他继续说道。
特朗普于2026年1月首次宣布在司法部内设立一个新部门，以打击欺诈行为，此前有报道称，在他的政治对手之一明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹的家乡发生了令人震惊的欺诈案件。
特朗普称反欺诈行动正在追回数十亿美元浪费资金，称节省的资金可平衡预算
2025年9月16日，华盛顿特区国会山，密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特在参议院司法委员会听证会上质询联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔。（吉姆·沃森/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
根据政府发布的一份声明，这个设在司法部的部门由时任代理司法部长托德·布兰奇正式启动，目标是“打击影响联邦政府、联邦资助项目和普通公民的欺诈行为”。
该部门由副总统JD·万斯担任主席，特朗普任命他为事实上的欺诈事务负责人，由助理司法部长科林·麦克唐纳负责日常运营。
施密特辩称，“在司法部获得永久性地位将很重要，这样无论谁担任总统，这项工作都能始终成为重点。”
“对我来说，这根本不应该是一个党派问题，”施密特说，“但遗憾的是，我们生活在一个民主党人不太关注这一点的世界里，但我认为我们现在的政府是关注的。”
施密特领导着参议院反欺诈特别工作组，该工作组于6月启动，成员仅为共和党人。这并非有意为之。
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他表示，他们已经向“共和党人和民主党人都发出了邀请”，但只有一党接受了邀请。
“我有点惊讶。我认为一些办公室的人看了之后，不管出于什么原因，都不想参与这项工作，”施密特说，“我不明白这一点。”
“但当然，如果有人愿意，邀请仍然有效，”他继续说道，“我只是认为，这是我们家乡民众期望我们共同努力的事情。我不明白为什么你不想加入反欺诈特别工作组。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
Trump anti-fraud division’s future rests with Senate Dems after bipartisan House win
September 23, 2026 7:30am EDT / Fox News
House Democrats gave Trump an anti-fraud win, but in the Senate, it may be a different story
By Alex Miller, Elizabeth Elkind Fox News
Riding off success in the House, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., wants to make President Donald Trump’s DOJ anti-fraud division permanent, but isn’t sure if his Democratic colleagues will join in.
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FIRST ON FOX: House Democrats paved the way for President Donald Trump’s anti-fraud division to survive beyond his presidency, but one Republican fears it’ll be a different outcome in the Senate.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., shared with Fox News Digital that he was introducing legislation that would make the National Fraud Enforcement Division permanent. It comes after a bill to do the same thing cruised through the House. The lawmaker made it official Tuesday night when the Senate reopened for business.
But the Senate is a different political animal, and Democrats’ possible reticence to give Trump a win before the midterm elections may thwart his plan. Schmitt, during an interview with Fox News Digital, contended that since the sprawling Minnesota fraud scandal was unveiled earlier this year, Democrats have been on the back foot.
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President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, on Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
“They’re very defensive about it, and you know the fact is that you had — maybe it had something to do with this sort of toxic empathy or suicidal empathy [they] have done on immigration where you had these Somali fraudsters and maybe, maybe their instinct to defend every group of people that came here from somewhere else, even if they’re defrauding the American people, overrode their logic.”
Still, House Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., begrudgingly gave Trump a win last week and voted to make his anti-fraud task force permanent. That bipartisan vote comes as Democrats are reconciling with their messaging on rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.
And New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has increasingly been one of the progressive leaders of the party, warned Democrats had ceded ground on issues like quality of life and rooting out waste and fraud, and that finding waste had taken hold as a “right-wing concern” rather than an issue Democrats could champion.
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“I know that we live in a hyper-partisan age, I get that,” Schmitt said. “But there are some things I don’t think should be partisan. Saving taxpayer money should be something we’re all focused on.”
“I mean these are criminals who, you know, are stealing from American taxpayers and the potential beneficiaries of important programs,” he continued.
Trump first announced the creation of a new division within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat fraud in January 2026 following reports of staggering fraud taking place in the backyard of one of his political enemies: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
TRUMP SAYS ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS ARE UNCOVERING BILLIONS IN WASTE, CLAIMS SAVINGS COULD BALANCE BUDGET
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questions FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 16, 2025.(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
The unit embedded in the DOJ was officially launched under then-acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, with the goal of targeting “fraud affecting the federal government, federally funded programs, and private citizens,” according to a release by the administration.
It’s chaired by Vice President JD Vance, who Trump tapped to be his de facto fraud czar, and run by Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald.
Schmitt argued that “having permanence in the Department of Justice will be important so that, no matter who is president, that this remains a focus.”
“To me, this shouldn’t be a partisan issue at all,” Schmitt said. “But sadly, we live in a world where Democrats aren’t as focused on this, but I think we’ve got an administration that is.”
And Schmitt leads the Senate’s Anti-Fraud Taskforce, launched in June, that includes only Republican members. That wasn’t by design.
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He said that they had extended an invitation to “Republicans and Democrats alike,” but only one side of the aisle accepted the call.
“I was a little surprised. I think some offices took a look at it and, for whatever reason, didn’t want to be part of the effort,” Schmitt said. “I don’t understand that.”
“But, you know, of course, the offer remains open if anybody wants to,” he continued. “I just think that this is something that our people back home expect us to work together on. And I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want to be a part of an anti-fraud task force.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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