Overview
- Internal agreements show a $1.6 million transfer on Sept. 11 to cover security through November and a further $13.5 million budgeted, with total allocations reaching about $15 million through the end of 2026.
- An OMB spokesperson said the office will continue using available funds at the three agencies overseen by the director to protect him, a reference Reuters interpreted as OMB, USAID and the CFPB.
- The U.S. Marshals Service declined to identify the protectee and said it typically seeks reimbursement from the supported agency, noting it can protect executive branch officials facing threats or at the attorney general’s direction.
- Vought served roughly 90 days as acting USAID administrator and remains a senior adviser as the agency’s programs wind down toward a planned September closure after most aid activities were canceled and staff cut.
- A person familiar with the matter said the detail numbers more than a dozen Marshals and Reuters saw an email showing Vought sought $4.7 million from the CFPB for 2025 costs; a recent Virginia arrest in an attempted murder case was linked to him by media, which police did not confirm.