A federal judge blocked the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, finding that the Trump administration acted “completely in violation of the law” when trying to close the organization.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary order on Friday afternoon, which requires the Trump administration to reimburse all terminated CFPB employees, cancel all contracts that have been canceled, allow the workforce to have access to its computers and return to the office, hold the necessary work.
“If the defendants are not assigned, they will remove the agency before the court has the opportunity to decide whether the law allows them to do so, and as the defendants’ own witness warns, the harm will be irreparable,” Judge Jackson writes.
Activists participate in a rally outside the Consumer Bureau (CFPB), March 24, 2025, in Washington, County Columbia
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the US Congress against unfair business practices after the 2008 financial crisis was aimed at removing President Donald Trump as part of his efforts to reduce the federal government.
Trump said CFPB is “very important to get rid” and that the organization is “created to destroy some very good people”.
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