Vice President J.D. Vance will travel to Milwaukee on Wednesday and deliver a speech about the administration’s efforts to crack down on fraud.
The stop in Wisconsin, a swing state, is the latest in a series of events Mr. Vance has hosted around the country to highlight President Trump’s anti-fraud initiatives.
Mr. Vance, who chairs the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, has also delivered the message in Bangor, Maine, and Kansas City, Missouri.
The Milwaukee event comes on the heels of the Justice Department charging five Wisconsin residents with scamming more than $6.5 million from Medicaid. Those arrests were part of a 45-state crackdown on Medicaid fraud that netted 450 arrests.
In addition to discussing theft from taxpayer-funded federal programs, Mr. Vance will attend a fundraiser, according to an invitation posted on WinRed, the Republican Party’s fundraising platform.
The event costs $10,000 to attend, $35,000 per couple to attend and get a photo with Mr. Vance, and $100,000 to attend, get a photo with Mr. Vance, be part of the host committee and take part in a roundtable with the vice president.
Mr. Vance last traveled to Wisconsin in February, when he gave a speech touting the administration’s efforts to reduce the cost of living. In August 2025, he visited with steelworkers in Wisconsin to talk about Mr. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
Mr. Vance’s task force, which Mr. Trump announced at the State of the Union, aims to reduce government waste by identifying the misuse of federal funds through fraud.
It is charged with creating a national strategy against fraud from programs administered by state and local governments that use federal dollars to provide food, housing, medical and financial assistance. It will also create anti-fraud protection, such as requiring proof of identity and audits.
Mr. Trump formed the task force amid allegations of substantial fraud in Minnesota, where several schemes have siphoned millions of taxpayer dollars from state and federal programs since 2018. So far, roughly 100 people are facing federal charges in Minnesota, with an additional 60 convictions.
The task force is one part of a broader “war on fraud.” The president also created a new division for national fraud enforcement within the Department of Justice.
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