Miller pledges new Vance fraud task force will 'demolish' social services corruption

Vance serves as its chairman and kicked off the White House event Friday, while FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson serves as vice chair.

"I think what's important for Americans to understand about how pervasive and widespread the fraud is, [and] that all of our systems were set up and established for a high-trust society. I think that most citizens probably assume that there's some verification process that takes place for the receipt of most federal benefits. The reality is, is that there is not," Miller said.

The outspoken aide added that the high-trust framework in place for decades is woefully inadequate for Democrat-run states, where verification processes are "willfully" lacking and often run on the honor system.

"That situation repeats itself innumerable times across the country," he said, "and is exactly what the task force aims to take on."

He said the key to the task force will be communications between cabinet offices, so that, in his example, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins can communicate on shared concerns with a colleague like HUD Secretary Scott Turner.