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EXCLUSIVE: Inside The DOJ Roundtable That’s Quietly Uniting Seven States Against Fraud

Daily Caller By Reagan Reese Jul 31, 2026, 5:19 PM Captured Aug 1, 2026, 4:35 AM

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 50 officials from seven southeastern states convened Thursday to sign a data-sharing agreement with the Department of Justice aimed at rooting out fraud.

Across the seven states, officials have uncovered roughly $350 million in alleged fraud, according to information shared with the Daily Caller.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed Thursday, the states will give the DOJ access to “publicly available corporate registration and public benefits payment data held by these state agencies.” It is data officials said will help the department spot fraud patterns faster.

Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, met with dozens of state officials before his press conference to discuss their work and how the federal government could better support it.

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Framing report

Origin wording grade

B 20/100 risk

Grade B reflects 20/100 framing risk from sweeping generalization; each finding below is tied to stored wording.

Report confidence: 85%
Content format: opinion
Evidence findings: 2
Sentences checked: 42
Method: origin-framing-v2

Outlet context is separate right (+80, 60% confidence). This profile does not change the article grade.

Evidence behind the grade

Sweeping generalizationbody

+10 · 78% confidence

We never had enough agent support.

The wording makes a broad claim that may exceed the evidence described in the sentence.

Sweeping generalizationbody

+10 · 78% confidence

We never had enough prosecutor support to really tackle all this.

The wording makes a broad claim that may exceed the evidence described in the sentence.

Useful context, not penalties

Opinion format 1
Argumentative wording is expected in this format, so narrator-voice and decision-pressure cues receive reduced weight.
Attributed claims 8
Attribution helps readers distinguish a source's claim from the article narrator's own assertion.

Across the seven states, officials have uncovered roughly $350 million in alleged fraud, according to information shared with the Daily Caller.
Uncertainty qualifiers 1
Qualifiers such as may, might, or reportedly are disclosed as technique but do not add framing-risk points by themselves.

Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, met with dozens of state officials before his press conference to discuss their work and how the federal government could better support it.

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This grade evaluates wording and reader-steering cues, not factual accuracy.
The outlet's general profile is separate context and does not affect this article grade.
Potential omissions require comparison with other reporting and are not graded from one article alone.