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Russell Vought

Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a key architect of Project 2025 and federal agency dismantlement. His budget directives implement the systematic defunding of government agencies and programs.

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DOGE Shuts Down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: 'CFPB RIP'

DOGE operationally shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a Congressionally-created agency protecting 330 million Americans from financial fraud — by ordering staff to cease all work, …

  • On February 8, 2025, CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought ordered all staff and contractors to 'not perform any work tasks,' effectively …
  • DOGE deleted the CFPB's X (Twitter) account and gained administrative access to the agency's internal computer systems, content management …