President Trump and Vice President JD Vance are set to unveil a $25 million whistleblower incentive program Tuesday afternoon, a White House official told Fox News Digital, aiming to turn tipsters — including journalists — into a paid pipeline for fraud leads hitting the federal government.
The announcement is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET in the Oval Office, alongside the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which Trump put Vance in charge of in March. The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson first flagged the event in a preview published ahead of the remarks.
How the program would work
Under the plan, eligible tipsters could collect up to $30,000 when their information leads to a successful fraud conviction or what the official described as a significant federal enforcement action. The Justice Department will run the program, and tips would be submitted through fraud.gov, according to the official’s account to Fox News Digital.
The initiative is designed to draw in both independent journalists and ordinary Americans who suspect taxpayer money is being misused, per the official. The $25 million figure refers to the overall size of the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program, which goes by the acronym WHIP.
A check for a Minnesota reporter
Trump also plans to hand independent journalist Nick Shirley a $10,000 check during the event, the official said, recognizing his reporting on suspected fraud in Minnesota. The source material describes Shirley’s work as exposing Medicare and child care fraud across the state.
The award to a working journalist — presented in the Oval Office, no less — marks an unusual turn in how the administration is publicly treating press-led fraud investigations, at least when the reporting aligns with its enforcement priorities.
Vance’s task force and the billions at stake
Vance has led the fraud task force since March, when Trump tasked him with investigating schemes targeting the federal government. According to the source material, the task force has already uncovered billions of dollars in fraud tied to stolen welfare benefits, a figure that has become a central talking point for the administration as it markets the new tip line.
White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis framed the program as an extension of that work. “Every day, President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is zeroing in on the rampant abuse of taxpayer dollars and giving Americans the accountability they deserve. This administration has zero tolerance for individuals who steal from Americans,” Bis told Fox News Digital.
A payout model with conditions attached
The structure of WHIP places the payout decision in the hands of federal law enforcement rather than the tipster. Information must produce a conviction or a major enforcement action before any money changes hands, meaning a tip that sparks an investigation but stalls out would not necessarily qualify. The official did not detail how award amounts would be set within the $30,000 ceiling, nor how many tipsters the $25 million pool is expected to cover.
Routing submissions through fraud.gov also centralizes what has until now been a scattered landscape of agency hotlines and inspector general offices, giving the task force a single intake point for allegations.
Whether the program produces a wave of tips or a flood of low-quality submissions remains to be seen. Incentive programs of this kind have historically drawn scrutiny over the potential for people to report on rivals or submit speculative claims in hopes of a payday — an issue the official’s comments did not address.
The timing puts the announcement squarely in the administration’s broader push to portray itself as a scourge of government waste. Vance’s task force has spent months publicizing fraud findings, and the new program gives that effort a public-facing component that ordinary Americans can participate in directly.
For now, the specifics beyond the headline numbers — the $25 million pool, the $30,000 cap, the fraud.gov portal and the $10,000 check for Shirley — are drawn from a single White House official’s description to Fox News Digital. Further details are expected to emerge from the Oval Office event itself.
Source: www.thegatewaypundit.com — https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/watch-live-president-trump-vp-vance-announce-25/