Several top officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are stepping down or were placed on leave, the latest leadership turnover at the agency as the Trump administration orders a near-total shutdown.
Lorelei Salas, the CFPB’s supervision director, and Eric Halperin, the agency’s enforcement chief, announced Tuesday they were stepping down from their posts, according to emails obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Mark Paoletta, serving as the CFPB’s chief legal officer, put Salas and Halperin on administrative leave before they sent their emails to CFPB staff, an agency spokesperson said. Paoletta accused Halperin of insubordination for countermanding an order to stop ...