Judge keeps in place pause on mass firings at CFPB to weigh whether Trump's moves mean 'impending doom' for the agency
A federal judge Monday kept in place an order prohibiting mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while she sorts through conflicting claims about whether the Trump administration is still trying to shutter the independent agency.
A federal judge Monday kept in place an order prohibiting mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while she sorts through conflicting claims about whether the Trump administration is still trying to shutter the independent agency.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the ruling in Washington, D.C., after the official who has been the CFPB’s chief operating officer since February 2023 said in a court filing Sunday that the administration was now "right sizing" the agency instead of trying to eliminate it completely.
That contrasts with court filings last week in which federal employees alleged that plans were underway by the Trump administration to reduce the financial watchdog agency's workforce from the current roster of 1,700 to five.
Jackson said at a hearing Monday that the question before her was: “Is this impending doom, or is this not impending doom?”
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