Before interfering at the last minute by a federal judge, Trump administration officials were planning to strip the Consumer Protection Office until there was nothing remaining for the agency, but a room with “five men and phone in it”, according to the current and former employees.
Their testimony was mentioned in the documents submitted on Thursday as part of a lawsuit aimed at stopping the collective shooting in the besieged office. It provides new step -by -step details about how the informed say that the administration has planned to photograph the neglected organizer by linking the way large banks, mortgage lenders and other financial services companies are treated.
They also describe how the main jobs required for the agency to implement it under federal law, such as the operation of the consumer complaints portal, has largely stopped working thanks to the cancellation of almost all its external contracts and the suspension order issued by the Acting Director, Russell Fior.
First judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US Provincial Court of Colombia It was temporarily banned Trump officials from the layoffs of CFPB employees two weeks ago in response to a legal challenge by a union representing federal employees, which claimed that the administration was planning to eliminate the agency effectively by completing 95 % of the 1700 -year workforce, ending its rent, and canceling its external contracts.
The Trump administration seeks to Raise her request He argued in the movement of this week that he is only trying to “simplify” CFPB instead of getting rid of it completely, and that he continued to maintain its required functions legally.
But according to the files on Thursday, the Trump team – with the support of the Ministry of Governmental efficiency at Elon Musk – planned to leave in a loud place from the CFPB on the name only.
The chief operational officer Adam Martinez told employees that the agency was in “Wind Downt”, according to what I said. two to The statements submitted by the current unknown employees. The senior executives of the employees explained, “Writing was on the wall,” which was claimed that she “participated in the intention of leadership is to launch everyone except for the five positions required by Dod Frank's Law”, which created CFPB.
“One of the senior executives said that CFPB will become” a room in the cabinet, the White House, or the Federal Reserve with five men and a phone, “an employee was identified as Dru de Shahd.
Trump officials intend to shoot employees in three stages, according to the stadiums, starting with the recent appointments who were under observation or limited duration. It is claimed that a team member named Jordan Wink ordered CFPB employees to end 1,200 of its workers by February 14. Most of the remaining employees were cleared after 60 to 90 days.
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