Unions and other plaintiffs are seeking a “breathtaking” power grab by courts in a case seeking to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from firing most of its workers and taking other steps contemplated by the Trump administration, the agency said.
There are no grounds for a preliminary injunction meant to block a termination of up to 95% of the CFPB’s workforce and the potential deletion of agency data by acting Director Russell Vought, the CFPB said in a brief filed late Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
While the plaintiffs argue Vought’s actions are ...