President Donald Trump clashed with a reporter during an Oval Office exchange on Tuesday, October 20. The journalist was later identified by the US President’s Rapid Response Team as Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for the Independent.
He became visibly annoyed during his exchange with Feinberg, and asked the reporter to “be careful” when he questioned why a new whistleblower program offered a 1% commission when the False Claims Act can award whistleblowers at least 10%. Trump said. Vice President JD Vance said the whistleblower question was a “fundamentally dishonest question,” per KUTV.
The heated exchange took place as Trump took questions from reporters at the White House. Trump rebuked Feinberg again when he began asking about the president’s golf courses. “Quiet, quiet! “What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there’s something wrong with you.
“Over 99% of the fraud that we’re finding in the federal government isn’t covered by the False Claims Act,” Vance said. “What the president is saying is that he wants all fraud to be the sort of thing where if you find it, if you uncover it, if you find evidence and allow us to undo the money, you should benefit, not just the very narrow slice that’s covered by the False Claims Act.”
