Leandra English, the deputy director of CFPB, has brought suit against Trump and his pick for acting director, Mick Mulvaney: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4310647-English-Complaint-CFPB.html#document/p1 …pic.twitter.com/ZQGQUmIIe4
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Here’s our @BuzzFeedNews story on what’s happening with the CFPB, from @MattZeitlin & @grace_lightning —>https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/the-fight-to-lead-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau?utm_term=.hpz7PgDOdK#.hpz7PgDOdK …
Leandra English's CFPB case has been assigned to Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump nominee who was confirmed to the bench in September.pic.twitter.com/9nlzl7nSER
Background information on Kelly from the White House when he was nominated in June:pic.twitter.com/8pdyg89ybp
CFPB HEARING: 4:30P TODAY / Follow @ZoeTillman for more on that:https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/935229130454589440 …
OMB communications staff tweets out photo of Mulvaney talking to reporters, referencing him (again) as acting director of CFBP, 15 minutes *before* a court hearing on that very question:https://twitter.com/CZ/status/935254917815717888 …
Neither entity needs a full-time director, apparently.https://twitter.com/DomenicoNPR/status/935254519520391168 …
Mulvaney acknowledges he ... will follow court orders. (This isn't surprising.)https://twitter.com/gabriellahope_/status/935255173248757767 …
No immediate ruling from court —>https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/935271200124751878 …
The latest in CFPB world, another court hearing this afternoon —>https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/935538624627650560 …
Here is @ZoeTillman's story on today's ruling on CFPB. Short answer: Mulvaney stays in charge. —>https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-judge-just-ruled-that-that-trump-can-install-his-own-pick?utm_term=.nwOLgw1WA#.tig61zLY0 …
Well, this sure doesn’t *look* like they’re giving up just yet:https://twitter.com/nancypelosi/status/935659689290948608 …
...so? No deference is owed to the agency’s interpretation of the FVRA. A court’s going to have to resolve this one.
Not to mention that absence or unavailability is not the same thing as vacancy.
General counsel offers legal advise that can be rejected by Acting Director English.
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