Matthew Tragesser

Honored to announce my new role in the Trump Administration as Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the @TheJusticeDept. It is a privilege to serve under the leadership of @POTUS and @DAGToddBlanche as we work to combat fraud, dismantle cartels and transnational criminal organizations, strengthen immigration enforcement, and uphold the rule of law for the American people. Grateful to my wife, family, colleagues, and all those dedicated to this important mission. Onward.

TODAY: The Justice Department announced the availability of $300 MILLION in funding to prevent and prosecute fraud and other crimes nationwide. This Justice Department's efforts to combat fraud support @POTUS’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by @VP to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs. 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…

MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR TRAFFICKING METHAMPHETAMINE “My office and our law enforcement partners will continue to work tirelessly to hold drug traffickers accountable in federal court – where there is no opportunity for parole – in order to keep our communities safe.” -U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg Great work @NDGAnews! #OperationTakeBackAmerica 🔗: justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/m…

Today, a grand jury in Alabama returned an 11-count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. @splcenter stands accused of manufacturing and creating the very extremism it purports to oppose. Instead of dismantling extremism, @splcenter was funding it. I would like to thank our partners from @USAO_MDAL and @FBI for their incredible efforts in bringing this case. Today is just the beginning, stay tuned.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment: “As the indictment describes, the SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred.”

🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Welcome to the fight, Joe!

“We're not just going to let states think that it's okay, that they can just trample on our constitutional rights.” -@DAGToddBlanche Thank you to Acting U.S. AG Todd Blanche for speaking to members at the 155th NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits!

Iranian citizen extradited from Panama to U.S. on indictment in Seattle “The members of this conspiracy thought they could evade export restrictions by shipping goods through a third country – in this case China,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd. “But law enforcement uncovered the scheme, and the grand jury returned the indictment leading to the appearance today.” @USDOJ_Intl @WDWAnews Read more: justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/i…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Election Integrity: "We're looking from all over the country, not only to understand what happened in the past (which is important for the American people to to know), but also to make sure: -Our elections are free and fair. -Nobody is voting that isn't supposed to vote. -The person voting is actually the name on that ballot."

ICYMI: Here’s a look at some of the Justice Department’s accomplishments this week: ✅The Weaponization Working Group released the FACE Act Report detailing the weaponization of the Biden DOJ against Pro-Life Americans ✅Secured the first False Claims Act resolution under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative: IBM Paid $17 Million Settlement in DEI Discrimination Suit ✅Took enforcement action in fraud schemes totaling OVER $340 MILLION IN TAXPAYER FRAUD ✅Charged man who threw Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO’s ✅Sued Connecticut over Sanctuary Policies ✅Sentenced two individuals for Identity Theft Scheme generating $5 MILLION for North Korea

Federal Judge Revokes Citizenship of Immigration and Identity Fraudster “This case shows this Administration’s strength and commitment to ensuring the sanctity of U.S. citizenship,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate. 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/federal…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche at @Semafor: “We’ve refocused a lot of efforts away from where they were the past four years and into a place where we think they should be, which is going after drugs, drug dealers, violent criminals, terrorists, and anybody who’s committed fraud.”

USCIS recently played a critical role in the arrest of Dawood Hussain, an illegal Pakistani alien charged with felony vehicular homicide, after driving a commercial truck the wrong way on a Pennsylvania highway in October 2023. The crash resulted in the tragic death of Maryland resident Hendry Tamarez Nunez, a U.S. citizen and father of two. Read more: dailycaller.com/2026/04/08/tru…

EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Pakistani Trucker Nabbed After Allegedly Killing American In Head-On Highway Collision: 'Prevent future truck tragedies' dlvr.it/TRx6QZ

Suspect immigration fraud? Protect our homeland. Report it here: uscis.gov/scams-fraud-an…

BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that deceased Iranian general Soleimani’s niece first entered the U.S. in 2015 on a tourist visa, was granted asylum in 2019, then got her green card in 2021. She applied for U.S. citizenship last July, but disclosed she had traveled to Iran at least four times since getting her green card, which DHS says proves her asylum claim was fraudulent. She was arrested by ICE Los Angeles yesterday. DHS statement to FOX: “On April 3, 2026, ICE officers in Los Angeles arrested Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and Sarinasadat Hosseiny, the niece and grandniece of Qasem Soleimani, the late head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who was killed by a drone strike ordered by President Trump in 2020.    “Soleimani Afshar entered the United States in June 2015 on a tourist visa. In 2019, a judge granted her asylum. In 2021, she became a green card holder under the Biden Administration. In July 2025, she filed a naturalization application where she disclosed, she traveled to Iran at least four times since being issued a green card. Her trips to Iran illustrate her asylum claims were fraudulent.   “Her daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, entered the United States in July 2015 on a student visa. In 2019, a judge granted her asylum. In 2023, she became a green card holder under the Biden administration. "It is a privilege to be granted green card to live in the United States of America. If we have reason to believe a green card holder poses a threat to the U.S., the green card will be revoked.”

“‘If you import The Third World, you become The Third World!’— AND THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP 🇺🇸

Temporary Protected Status is exactly that: Temporary TPS was created to be an accommodation for extraordinary short-term circumstances—not a decades-long loophole for permanent residency.