Vance Announces Anti-Fraud Task Force Has Flagged $6.3B in Wasteful Contracts

Vice President JD Vance held a press conference on April 8, 2025, announcing that the Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Task Force had identified $6.3 billion in wasteful government contracts flagged for elimination. The task force was in its early stages, having launched in February 2025; the $6.3 billion figure represented initial findings from DOGE-coordinated reviews of federal contracts and payment systems across a subset of agencies.