President Donald Trump and outgoing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray have both named interim heads of the agency, calling into question who has the power to name a new director and who is actually leading the agency in Cordray’s absence.
Trump named White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as the temporary head of the CFPB Friday evening, while Cordray promoted his chief of staff, Leandra English, to fill the vacancy he is leaving behind.
The vacancy left behind by Cordray gives Republicans an opportunity to significantly change, or even dismantle, an agency that has been in the crosshairs of the GOP since its creation in 2010.
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