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White House Uses USAID Funds for Budget Director Vought's Security, Documents Show
The Office of Management and Budget is reallocating millions from USAID to fund security for its director, Russell Vought, amid government agency budget cuts.
- At the White House in Washington, the White House budget office will pay for the security of Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Thursday.
- According to documents reviewed by Reuters, millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency were used to pay Vought's security detail, as confirmed by the White House budget office.
- Known as an architect of a government overhaul that cut thousands of federal jobs, Vought served as President Trump's budget chief and led the Office of Management and Budget.
- Reuters reported, based on three documents, that the White House budget office redirected funds from USAID to cover Vought's security, Reuters and Jonathan Ernst said.
- The reallocation repurposes foreign aid-related funds for a domestic security detail, as documents seen by Reuters show, an unusual move by the White House budget office.
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The Office of Budgets of the White House is using millions of dollars from the former US external assistance agency to pay the security of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget manager and government reform architect who has eliminated thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters. OMB (Administrative and Budgetary Office) of the White House, led by Vought, is borrowing US$15 million of the remaining operation…
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