Overview

• Vance traveled on Air Force Two to the Murdoch family’s 340,000-acre ranch near Dillon on Tuesday for a gathering with Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and other Fox News executives.
• The vice president’s office did not announce the trip in advance and declined to disclose the topics discussed during the meeting.
• Flight records show Air Force Two arrived in Butte around 2:30 p.m. and departed after dark, indicating the Montana stop lasted only a few hours.
• The day after the ranch meeting, Vance joined President Trump for lunch in Washington, linking the covert trip to the administration’s inner circle.
• Montana State Auditor James Brown told a local radio show that he helped arrange the logistics for Vance’s surprise visit.