by Jonathan Garber at Fox News
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania is demanding answers from the White House about reports indicating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau potentially broke the law by forcing out career civil servants in favor of those loyal to President Biden’s agenda.
Top-level CFPB employees were reportedly offered extraordinary separation incentives to step down from their positions. At least one CFPB employee was placed on administrative leave after a frivolous investigation was opened against them.
The CFPB ensures banks, lenders and other financial institutions treat consumers fairly.
The allegations, if true, “may violate employment and other laws,” wrote Toomey, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, in a letter addressed to Leandra English, chief of staff of the National Economic Council. English was a member of Biden’s transition team and tasked with reviewing operations at the CFPB.
English sued the Trump administration in 2017 in an effort to keep her position as acting director at the CFPB. Mick Mulvaney was tapped by then-President Trump to head the agency.
Specifically, Toomey wants to know if English is aware of whether the CFPB since Biden’s inauguration:…
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