Here (may be behind paywall). Deepak Gupta filed the brief the article discusses (disclosure: Deepak was a founder of this blog). Attached were many declarations, including the one the headline refers to, filed anonymously by a CFPB staffer who feared retaliation. Here’s an excerpt from the declaration: On multiple occasions between Friday, February 7, 2025 and […]
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in The American Prospect.
RollCall’s Mark Schoeff Jr.’s report is here and Banking Dive’s Caitlin Mullen’s report is here.
Democratic Senator: Is it raining? Witness: That’s really up to Congress to determine but if confirmed, I will follow the statutory mandate. Democratic Senator: What do you think of rain? Witness: Well, senator, let me say this: if it’s raining, I will follow the law. Democratic Senator: Wells Fargo has opened unauthorized accounts, improperly repossessed […]
Under questioning by Senator Warnock.
CNBC’s Hugh Son has the story here.
Here’s CFPB director-nominee’s short written opening statement for his confirmation hearing. Here’s the part about the CFPB and his promises: All too often, however, the CFPB has gotten in the way of its own mission. It has acted in a politicized manner. It has pushed beyond the limits of its statutory authority. It has seized […]
From Ballard Spahr. More information and registration available here.
Bahnsen discusses the dismissal in his National Review podcast episode, Good Things and Bad Examples. He criticizes SoLo as a bad actor. We had reported on the dismissal here. The Bureau has now removed from its website the statements it had made about the case, some of which we quoted in our earlier post.
To read and join the letter, go to Sign-on Letter – Law Professors re: CFPB