President Donald Trump tweeted he was replacing acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney with Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
A few hours later, a high administration source told Newsmax the other position Mulvaney was relinquishing — director of the Office of Management and Budget — would soon go to his deputy and Acting OMB Director Russ Vought.
Vought worked for several conservative House Members.
"Russ had been acting OMB boss while Mick was acting chief of staff but still holding the chief of staff's job," the source told us. "So, with Mick going [Trump tapped him as special U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland], it's only natural that Russ moves up."
Vought, 43, previously worked for former conservative Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, was executive director of the conservative Republican Study Committee, and spent seven years as vice president of Heritage Action (which gives stiff ratings to Members of Congress on their conservatism).
With a mastery of the facts and figures of the budget and in-depth knowledge of process, Vought impressed reporters last month with his briefings on the Trump administration's budget for Fiscal Year 2021.
John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.
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