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Exclusive: OMB Slams Dem Who Wants To Strip Russ Vought Of Security After Assassination Attempt

Vought’s 24/7 security detail was determined to be necessary by security officials, specifically after his designation as acting administrator of USAID.

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 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) doubled down on its security detail for Director Russell Vought in response to Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., objected to USAID funding being used to protect him, despite an assassination attempt on Vought earlier this year.

A letter from Mark Paoletta, OMB general counsel, to Krishnamoorthi obtained by The Federalist makes clear the threat level to Vought — exacerbated entirely by Democrats — and how Vought’s duties as senior advisor to USAID, as well as its former acting administrator, create a persistent security threat that requires 24/7 security.

“Your letter is the definition of chutzpah,” Paoletta told Krishnamoorthi. “The Left drives a systematic campaign to demonize Trump Administration officials like Director Vought that incites radical leftwing lunatics to violence. Then, the Left criticizes the Administration for taking the measures necessary to protect its officials from the violence that the Left encourages.”

Vought was the target of an assassination attempt outside his Arlington, Virginia, home earlier this year after “several credible death threats” against him. The would-be assassin cited common left-wing talking points like........

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