A federal judge is blocking the dismantling of the Office of Financial Protection of the Consumer, finding that the Trump administration acted “completely in violation of the law” when he tried to close the organization.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary judicial order on Friday afternoon that requires the Trump administration to restore any CFPB employee completed, terminate the contracts that have been canceled, allow the workforce to access their computers and return to the office, resume the work required by the organization and keep any record of the organization.
“If the defendants are not ordered, they will eliminate the agency before the court has the opportunity to decide if the law allows them to do so, and as the defendant’s own witness warned, the damage will be irreparable,” Judge Jackson wrote.
Activists participate in a demonstration outside the Consumer Financial Protection Office (CFPB), March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC
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The Office of Financial Protection of the Consumer, created by Congress to safeguard Americans against unfair commercial practices due to the financial crisis of 2008, has been the object of elimination by President Donald Trump as part of his efforts to reduce the federal government.
Trump has said that the CFPB is “very important to get rid of” and that the organization was “prepared to destroy some very good people.”
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