Vance to convene first White House anti-fraud task force meeting Friday

Vice President JD Vance will convene the first meeting of a new White House anti-fraud task force Friday, an administration official told NBC News

Vice President JD Vance will convene the first meeting of a new White House anti-fraud task force Friday, an administration official told NBC News.

The project, which President Donald Trump announced last month in his State of the Union address, is aimed at reducing federal spending by identifying misuse of federal funds.

Vance will be joined at the meeting by Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, who will be the task force’s vice chair, and deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, who will be a senior adviser, the official said. Other Cabinet secretaries and senior administration officials are expected to attend the meeting, which will be held on the White House grounds.

“The task force is an integral part of the Trump Administration’s effort to restore the vision of America as a high-trust society,” a Vance spokesperson said in a statement. “Its work is already full steam ahead in rooting out the rampant waste, fraud and abuse across the country and finding the fraudsters who are robbing hard-working Americans.”

Ferguson said in a statement shared with NBC News that he looks forward “to working with the Vice President to deliver results to the American people and hold wrongdoers accountable.”