Discussion: Consumer Protection Chief Resigns, Setting Up Fight With Trump Over His Successor

[thunderclapnewman]

We now have TWO acting directors.

Dodd-Frank requires that the deputy director be the acting director.
It’s the law.

Trump cannot override that and appoint Mulvaney, who wants to destroy the CFPB.

[epicurus]

We now have TWO acting directors.

Dodd-Frank requires that the deputy director be the acting director.
It’s the law.

Trump cannot override that and appoint Mulvaney, who wants to destroy the CFPB.

This is what I was curious about; what does the law provide? I’m sick and tired of Trump’s interpretation of reality. We are (or were) a nation of laws, not fiat or tweet.