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“Agreed”🙄

Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: The #Trump administration has agreed to extend a freeze on terminating contracts at #CFPB while litigation is pending, but ...

still wants to be able to terminate the agency's headquarters lease.

A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
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Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a potential violation of federal ethics laws.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-gavin-kliger-stock?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DOGE #CFPB #Consumer #Business #Ethics #Law

New Details on #Trump Sprint to Gut #Consumer Bureau Staff

Emails & testimonials from workers at the #CFPB document the admin’s efforts to lay off 90% of the employees.

2 wks ago, a 3-judge panel from the federal appeals court in DC lifted a freeze on firing employees at the CFPB, w/conditions. The judges…said that workers could be fired if agency leaders determined…that they were not needed to carry out the bureau’s legally required responsibilities.

#law #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/business/cfpb-layoffs-trump-musk-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=12219B24-FE10-4CF9-B8C9-DA7678659E96