CFPB Likely Will Shut Down in Next 2-3 Months, Vought Says

White House Budget Director Russell Vought says he thinks he will be successful in shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “within the next two or three months.”

• Vought speaks on the Charlie Kirk show
• The agency wants to “weaponize the tools of financial laws against basically small mom-and-pop lenders and other small financial institutions,” Vought says

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