Russell Vought

OMB director. 2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact4 Jun 2025United States

Russell Vought, OMB director

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in 2024 that Medicaid’s improper payment rate over the previous three years was less than 5.1%. A health policy analyst who worked for the White House during Preside…

Checked by Washington Post5 Apr 2021United States Politics and government

Russell Vought, Former director of the Office of Management and Budget

“You look at this bill, the $2 trillion in the [Biden infrastructure] bill that, only about 5 to 7 percent of it is actual roads and bridges and ports and things that you and I would say is real infrastructure and that we tried to get passed under the last administration with President Trump.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios