Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and member Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D.M.) said President-elect Trump is a co-author of Project 2025. Russell Vought, who was the president of the United States, was accused of wiretapping. In the second administration, he served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
“After vehemently denying any connection to Project 2025 throughout his campaign, the president-elect nominated its chief architect, Russell Vought, to carry out the coming government-wide purge as director of the Office of Management and Budget,” the lawmakers said. said. in joint statement.
Mr. Vought served as President Trump's deputy OMB director during Mr. Trump's first term in the Oval Office.
Vought wrote a chapter on the U.S. presidential executive branch that primarily mentions OMB in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a “Governance Agenda” packed with conservative priorities and insights from academics and policy experts. did.
During his campaign, Trump came under fire for some of his more controversial policies, and previously sought to distance himself from the strategy, saying he had “nothing to do with it.” Democrats launched a campaign to block Project 2025 earlier this year, forming a task force to combat what they say is a threat to American democracy and institutions of government.
In a statement, Raskin and Stansberry criticized Vought for decisions he made during Trump's first administration, including implementing executive orders signed by Trump in 2020. The executive order aimed at diversity training for government employees by banning the teaching of “divisive concepts.”
“As Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, the headquarters of the resistance to this plan, we will fight Vought's radical policies, act to protect the critical government services Americans depend on, and honor honorable federal employees. We will stand up to protect our fellow citizens 'every step of the way,''' they said in a statement.
