Executive Order 13844: Establishment of the Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud
President: Donald J. Trump
Created a Justice Department task force to coordinate market-integrity and consumer-fraud enforcement across federal agencies, replacing an earlier financial-fraud task force structure.
Status: In effect. Sources: Official source · Official source.
Is Executive Order 13844 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13844 of July 11, 2018 remains unrevoked. Section 6 gives its fraud task force no fixed expiration date: termination requires presidential direction, or Attorney General direction with presidential approval. The Federal Register records no later revocation.
What does Executive Order 13844 do?
EO 13844 established a Justice Department-led task force to coordinate federal market-integrity and consumer-fraud investigations. DOJ documented a task-force meeting with agency leaders; that meeting does not establish a measured enforcement result.
Later evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: The Justice Department documented a meeting of the task force with leaders from several agencies to coordinate fraud work. The meeting is evidence of activity, not a measured enforcement result. DOJ task force meeting.
Before and after
Before the order
Justice and other agencies investigated fraud under their existing criminal and civil authorities.
After the order
The order created a coordination task force. DOJ documented a multi-agency task-force meeting, which establishes activity but not a measured enforcement result.
Who had to do what
| Agency / official | What the signed order directed | Deadline / timing |
|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | Establish the DOJ task force; periodically convene meetings, personally or through the Deputy Attorney General, and invite the section 3 officials for investigation guidance and cooperation recommendations. May terminate the task force with presidential approval. Invite Treasury, Defense, HHS, HUD, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, SBA, Federal Reserve, Social Security, USAID, consumer-finance bureau, FTC, SEC, GSA, NCUA, CFTC, FDIC, FHFA, Comptroller of the Currency, and Chief Postal Inspector leaders or designees. | No specific deadline stated |
| Deputy Attorney General | Chair, convene, and direct the task force; may permit member or invited-participant designees. | Meet when the Deputy Attorney General considers appropriate |
| Associate Attorney General | Serve as task-force vice chair. | No specific deadline stated |
| Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud | Guide fraud investigations and prosecutions; recommend DOJ enforcement initiatives to the Attorney General and interagency, intergovernmental, policy, regulatory, or legislative improvements to the President through the Attorney General. | Until terminated by the President or the Attorney General with presidential approval |
Source: Signed Federal Register text.
What happened next
EO 13844 signed; its Federal Register publication followed.
The Justice Department documented a meeting of the task force with leaders from several agencies to coordinate fraud work. The meeting is evidence of activity, not a measured enforcement result.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The Federal Register record identifies EO 13844, its title and signing date. The Justice Department documented a meeting of the task force with leaders from several agencies to coordinate fraud work. The meeting is evidence of activity, not a measured enforcement result. The linked source supports this particular later event; it does not establish every present legal or operational effect.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- DOJ task force meeting (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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