Russell Vought, President Trump's top budget adviser, took questions Friday morning as the White House ramps up pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower rates. Vought said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell,

President Trump and his allies have accused the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, of misleading Congress in what some legal scholars worry is a prelude to seeking his removal.

The White House's Russ Vought conceded the Senate vote on rescissions will be "tight" but remained adamant that it must "produce a victory."

Russell Vought suggested Jerome Powell is in violation of government building rules in the renovation of the Fed’s headquarters.

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, is defending plans to spend an estimated $1 billion retrofitting an aging luxury 747 jetliner for use as Air Force One—even though it will be in service for only about a year—while also backing deep cuts to discretionary programs,

President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are so commonplace at this point that they barely register in financial markets these days. The rapidly intensifying multi-pronged efforts by Trump’s advisers to amplify and expand on Trump’s attacks are a good reason to rethink that indifference.

It is a home run. There’s like, no downside to this bill," Vought said. "This is not one where you have to say pros and cons. It’s all good.

President Donald Trump's nominee for Office of Management and Budget director, Russell Vought, testifies during the Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing in the Dirksen Senate Building on ...

Russell Vought, OMB director, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the director's thoughts on Jerome Powell's management of the Federal Reserve.