The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has allowed some of the agency’s offices to return to operation while the Trump administration faces a lawsuit over the closing of the consumer watchdog group, the Hill reported Thursday.
CFPB chief legal officer Mark Paoletta sent employees an email on Sunday, saying they should perform statutorily required work, according to emails filed in court Tuesday.
“These measures were intended to ensure that new leadership could establish operational control over the agency while ensuring that it would continue to fulfill its statutory duties,” Paoletta wrote. “Many of you understood this and continued to perform functions required by law and sought approval from me to perform work, which I have promptly granted.
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