by Wendell Husebø at Breitbart
President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Russ Vought on Friday to return as director to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Trump’s selection of Vought will likely ensure his campaign promise will be carried out of purging the federal bureaucracy — or “deep state,” as he calls it — of rogue and corrupt actors.
The OMB is a significant department that oversees the implementation of a president’s vision across the Executive Branch, and through it, Trump has the power to axe agency funding that will likely try to operate outside the scope of his agenda.
“Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State and end Weaponized Government, and he will help us return Self Governance to the People,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We will restore fiscal sanity to our Nation, and unleash the American People to new levels of Prosperity and Ingenuity.”
Vought graduated from Wheaton College and earned his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law.
“He did an excellent job serving in this role in my First Term – We cut…