Diverted Humanitarian Aid Funds Finance Security for Budget Director Vought

Washington D.C., Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Documents confirm that $15 million from the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been reallocated to fund a U.S. Marshals security detail for OMB Director Russell Vought. This diversion of humanitarian aid—authorized just months before the agency’s final scheduled closure in September 2026—highlights a critical lapse in standard budgetary governance. The decision to utilize residual funds from a gutted foreign aid agency to protect the official responsible for its dissolution raises sharp questions about the limits of executive discretion over congressional appropriations.