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Democrats say they were shut out of ‘fraud crackdown’ event hosted by JD Vance
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Democrats say they were shut out of ‘fraud crackdown’ event hosted by JD Vance

The Guardian · May 27, 2026, 1:49 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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State attorneys general say their deputies were turned away despite Vance saying crackdown ‘shouldn’t be partisan’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. Continue reading...

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