A union representing federal workers filed two lawsuits against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), alleging that his recent directives are unlawful and that he has allowed unauthorized access to employee information. The National Treasury Employees Union claims that Acting Director Russell Vought's orders to halt new rules, investigations, and funding requests threaten the agency's mission and violate privacy rights. The lawsuits also point to the involvement of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk's comments about the CFPB as potential catalysts for the situation.
A union representing federal workers filed a pair of lawsuits against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting Director Russell Vought , asking a court to declare recent actions by him unlawful and to block the Department of Government Efficiency from gaining access to employee information. The filings by the National Treasury Employees Union come after Vought told staff at the CFPB not to issue any new rules and to stop any new investigations, among other directives.
Vought, who is the head of the Office of Management and Budget, was named acting director of the agency on Friday. "As Acting Director, I am committed to implementing the President's policies, consistent with the law, and acting as a faithful steward of the Bureau's resources," Vought said in an email to colleagues obtained by RealClearPolitics.
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU UNION LAWSUIT RUSSELL VOUGHT DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ELON MUSK
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