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Wokebloke for Democracy

"Ever since the CFPB was shepherded into law by Senator Professor Warren, it has returned over $21 billion to citizens from whom it had been bilked, swindled, grifted, and otherwise lifted by credit card companies, investment banks, student loan pirates, and other modern three-story men of the financial service industry."

esquire.com/news-politics/poli
#DOGE #Rubio #CFPB #ConsumerProtection #Fraud #Trump

Esquire · Little Marco Rubio Seems to Have Riled Up the Worst MAGA LoyalistsBy Charles P. Pierce
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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

#LawlessInAmerica

#Federal #Judge Halts CFPB Purge
"acting #CFPB chief legal ofcr Paoletta gave all instructions on the #masspurge.. attempting to #exploit #loophole opened by an appeals court allowing CFPB to reduce its force, but only aft a “particularized assessment” of each employee & whether force reductions & stoppage of work wld affect any #statutory #obligations.. Paoletta said tt “leadership would assume the risk” of violating the court order"🧐⚖️
prospect.org/justice/2025-04-1

The American Prospect · Federal Judge Halts CFPB Purge AgainDOGE was apparently part of the effort to hobble the agency, along with Clarence Thomas pal Mark Paoletta. For the moment, the firing of 1,483 workers is on hold.
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Dennis A

#CFPB #DistrictJudgeAmyBermanJackson
🚨 Breaking
"About 1,500 employees were set to be jettisoned at the bureau."

Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

"A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-

ABC News · Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection BureauBy Alexander Mallin
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Nonilex

Judge #AmyBermanJackson said she is “deeply concerned” that #Trump admin ofcls aren’t complying with her earlier order that maintains the #CFPB’s existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve it.

During the hearing, Jackson said she will bar ofcls from any #MassFirings or cutting off employees’ access to bureau computer systems.

Jackson scheduled a hearing on April 28 to hear testimony from ofcls who were working on the reduction in force, or #RIF, procedures.

#law
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Nonilex

Judge #AmyBermanJackson of the Federal District Court in Washington said she intended to issue an order later on Friday preventing the #CFPB’s workers from being cut off from the agency’s system, as the agency’s leaders had planned. She said she intended to follow up later this month with a more extensive hearing on the planned #layoffs. Until then, they will not move forward, she said.

#law#Trump#consumers
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Nonilex

Ahead of Fri’s court hearing on Thur’s #job cuts at the #CFPB, the #union repping the bureau’s staff countered w/their own legal filings that said the #MassFiring would make it impossible to perform the agency’s required tasks. E.G., the agency said that it was cutting the Office #Consumer Response, which expects to handle 5M complaints this year, to 20 workers down from 149. The office’s chief of staff…said…that “the office will be incapable of performing its statutory duties”….

#law#Trump
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Nonilex

In court filings ahead of the hearing, Mark Paoletta, the bureau’s chief legal officer, defended the #purge, which he said would “right-size” an agency filled w/ “vast waste.” Paoletta said he & others had determined that it needed only 200 workers. Many legally required units — including those that focus on #FairLending, #StudentLoans & protections for older Americans — need only one! employee, he said.

#law#Trump#CFPB
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Nonilex

After the #Trump admin sent termination notices on Thurs to 90% of employees at the #CFPB — some 1,500 people — Judge #AmyBermanJackson of the Federal District Court in Washington ordered a hearing at 11AM today. She is seeking to determine if the terminations violated an injunction she imposed barring agency ofcls from dismantling the bureau so completely that it cannot carry out its legally mandated duties.

#law#consumers#finance
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump's government downsizing continues
President Donald Trump is drastically shrinking the workforce and mission of the #CFPB, eviscerating an agency created after the #GreatRecession with the goal of protecting Americans from fraud, abuse and deceptive practices.
apnews.com/article/donald-trum

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
AP News · Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump downsizes governmentBy Chris Megerian
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Kim Perales

⚡"Last night, a fed judge issued a preliminary injunction barring DOGE’s access to sensitive #SocialSecurity data, saying the govt flouted the law to provide unfettered access to #DOGE w/o a reasonable basis.

DISMANTLING #CFPB: Judge A Berman Jackson has called a 10am hearing on whether the Trump admin violated her order agst large-scale dismantling of the agency. She's seeking details of a purported reduc in force & the order to implement it."
-K Cheney

#Courts #USPol

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

Text from a document titled "VII. Conclusion," discussing legal issues regarding a project involving DATA and the SSA, focusing on privacy concerns and plaintiffs' standing in a case against government actions. It concludes with a decision to grant a preliminary injunction.
A court document detailing a minute order regarding a hearing on April 18, 2025, about a motion related to defendants not violating a preliminary injunction. It specifies requirements for defendant representation and documents to be filed with the court. Signed by Judge Amy
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