Judge blocks dismantling of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge is blocking the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, finding the Trump administration acted "completely in violation of law" when it attempted to shutter the organization.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued a preliminary injunction Friday afternoon that requires the Trump administration to reinstate any terminated CFPB employees, rescind any contracts that have been cancelled, allow the workforce to access their computers and return to the office, resume statutorily required work, and maintain any records held by the organization.
"If the defendants are not enjoined, they will eliminate the agency before the Court has the opportunity to decide whether the law permits them to do it, and as the defendants' own witness warned, the harm will be irreparable," Jackson wrote.
-ABC News' Peter Charalambous






