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The Auditor: Russell Vought and the Machinery of the New Regime

Faith, order, spreadsheets: the ideology behind the purge

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Marie Riverton
May 12, 2025
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He doesn’t tweet provocations or star in fawning documentaries. He isn’t trying to be famous. But as Donald Trump builds an authoritarian state, Russell Vought is the man who makes it run.

In our past exposés, we introduced you to the regime’s Chaos Agent (Elon Musk), Architect (Peter Thiel), Inquisitor (Stephen Miller), and Propagandist (Chris Rufo). Ea…

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