President Trump Calls for Mandatory Prison Sentences for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Fraudsters – Says Crooked Politicians Who Cover It Up Must Face Real Consequences

President Donald Trump is calling on Congress to finally put real teeth behind the government’s war on fraud, mandatory prison sentences for criminals caught stealing from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

In a video released Saturday, Trump demanded legislation establishing mandatory minimum sentences for fraudsters who loot the federal programs millions of Americans depend on.

Under Trump’s proposal, probation would no longer be an option for covered fraud offenses.

“Today, I’m calling on Congress to pass legislation to address fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security programs,” Trump said.

“First, Congress must impose mandatory minimum sentences on fraudsters who steal from critical benefit programs designed to take care of the sick, feed the hungry, care for our children, and protect our senior citizens’ retirements.”

“Under our proposal, probation is no longer an option for the fraudsters. If you steal from the American people, you will go to prison and for a long period of time. And the more you steal, the longer you’ll stay in that prison,” he said. “If you’re a convicted fraudster who gets caught stealing from the American people a second time, your sentence will be doubled.”

Then he went after the politicians.

“Second, Congress must make sure that crooked and corrupt politicians who willfully turn a blind eye to fraud finally face real consequences,” Trump said.

“Under our proposal, if a state or local politician knows about fraud and has the ability to stop it, but does nothing about it, they can be personally liable for the full loss of the American taxpayers’ money that they should have stopped and they should have saved.”

The White House published the president’s announcement Saturday under the title “Minimum Sentences on Fraudsters.”

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FOR THE FRAUDSTERS! https://t.co/ZVV7ZYDAey

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 3, 2026

One 2026 Justice Department operation charged 455 defendants tied to more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims, CRBC News reported.

House Republicans, according to Fox News, have been pushing a package of Medicaid-fraud bills after warnings that improper payments in federal health programs are running into the hundreds of billions. Rep. Jodey Arrington has described the losses as roughly $1 million a minute.

Nowhere has the rot been more obvious than Minnesota.

The Gateway Pundit has reported for months on the Medicaid and welfare schemes that flourished under Governor Tim Walz.

In January, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz ordered a full federal audit of Minnesota Medicaid billings and told Walz fraudulent claims would be clawed back, after state programs were tied to more than $1 billion in suspected theft.

In April, The Gateway Pundit reported that Abdirashid Said, the lead defendant in an $11 million personal-care-assistant Medicaid scheme, fled the country before trial after a Hennepin County judge let him keep his passport on a $150,000 bond.

In May, legal scholar John Yoo told Fox News that Minnesota officials who knew money was moving to terrorist-linked networks could face prison for material support.

In June, Vice President JD Vance referred Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Justice Department’s fraud division after a House Oversight report said senior officials had credible fraud warnings as early as 2019 and still kept the money flowing, including in the $250 million Feeding Our Future case, where state officials kept paying for months after flagging deficiencies.

In September, The Gateway Pundit reported that a longtime associate of Democratic Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan was running an autism center the state had already kicked off Medicaid.