evidence: To distance himself from Project 2025 amid the Democratic attacks, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he "knows nothing" about it and has "no idea" who is in charge of it. (CNN identified at least 140 former advisers from the Trump administration who have been involved.) The Heritage Foundation sought contributions from more than 100 conservative organizations for its policy vision for the next Republican presidency, which was published in 2023. Project 2025 is now winding down some of its policy operations, and director Paul Dans, a former Trump administration official, is stepping down, The Washington Post reported July 30. Trump campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita denounced the document. WATCH: A look at the Project 2025 plan to reshape government and Trump’s links to its authors However, Project 2025 contributors include a number of high-ranking officials from Trump’s first administration, including former White House adviser Peter Navarro and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. A recently released recording of Russell Vought, a Project 2025 author and the former director of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget, showed Vought saying Trump’s "very supportive of what we do."