Andrew Feinberg hit back at Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday, Oct. 20, after President Donald Trump confronted him during an Oval Office briefing.The exchange began when Andrew Feinberg, The Independent’s White House correspondent, questioned Trump and Vance about a new whistleblower program offering rewards of up to $30,000 to people who expose government fraud.The journalist asked why whistleblowers would use the program when the False Claims Act allows eligible individuals to receive rewards of up to 25% of the money recovered.President Trump And Vice President Vance Make An Announcement In The Oval Office - Source: GettyTrump struggled to answer, prompting Vance to intervene and accuse Andrew Feinberg of dishonest questioning. Trump then turned his attention to the reporter, warning him:“I don’t know who the h*** you are, but you better be careful.”After Andrew Feinberg introduced himself, Trump kept criticizing him, even asking what was wrong with him. The POTUS continued:"What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there's something wrong with you."The confrontation went on online after the briefing. On X/Twitter, the vice president shared a video of the exchange and also used callous descriptions of the journalist in the caption.“President Donald J. Trump eviscerates imbecile ‘journalist’ Andrew Feinberg for misbehaving in the Oval Office.”This then prompted Andrew Feinberg to respond directly to JD Vance.“Mr. Vice President, if you're going to insult me, at least have the guts to tag my account.”Andrew Feinberg explains Oval Office incident with TrumpThe journalist’s response came as the White House rapid response account, and Vance continued their verbal attacks against him on official government social media accounts.The incident drew attention to the tense exchange between the administration and a journalist questioning the terms of its newly announced whistleblower initiative.Feinberg’s question focused on the financial incentives offered under the program compared with those available through the long-standing False Claims Act.Meanwhile, the reporter made follow-up posts on his social media, sharing the clip of the Oval Office incident. In one clip that he quote-retweeted, Trump is seen asking him who he was, to which Feinberg captioned:“I had told him exactly who I was not five minutes before this exchange.”Further, the journalist wrote about the terse exchange in The Independent, explaining that he changed his planned questions after learning about the administration’s new whistleblower reward program.There, he challenged Trump and Vance over the initiative, pointing out that the False Claims Act, which dates to 1863, already offers whistleblowers between 10% and 25% of recovered funds.Feinberg also described how Trump appeared to mistake him for another reporter before the confrontation escalated.He further said that Trump defended the proposed program by arguing that its 1% reward could still mean millions of dollars for people who expose alleged fraud involving billions or trillions of dollars.Concluding his report of the incident, Feinberg wrote:"I was doing my job, and I'll be right back at it tomorrow."