Joshua Smith
@smithmachine.bsky.social
Policy Director, @budget.senate.gov / @merkley.senate.gov
"In his 2024 address, Vought explained, 'I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.'"
October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"In his 2024 address, Vought explained, 'I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.'"
"This video is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails obtained through records requests and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported."
Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump’s Dismantler-in-Chief
Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trilli...
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"This video is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails obtained through records requests and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported."
"We'll see what we can do"
October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"We'll see what we can do"