ProPublica Exposes Russell Vought on Undercover Video -- Reveals Secret 350+ Draft Executive Orders (2024-08-15)

Centre for Climate Reporting and ProPublica published secretly recorded video of Russell Vought, author of Project 2025 Chapter 2 (Executive Office of the President) and future OMB Director. In a nearly two-hour conversation with undercover journalists posing as wealthy donors, Vought revealed that Trump public disavowals are graduate-level politics, that he had a team of staffers working to draft regulations and executive orders, that plans included the largest deportation in history and rehabilitating Christian nationalism, and that secret documents would be delivered via non-government emails to avoid FOIA disclosure. He described Project 2025 as having a very, very close hold. The video directly contradicted Trump claims of no connection.