The Guardian · California · Original story
Democrats say they were shut out of fraud event after Vance says crackdown ‘should not be 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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Michael Sainato · Wed, May 27, 2026, 6:49 AM
California | The Guardian
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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