justice department weighing in on the fight over who will pick up leadership of the consumer financial protection bureau tomorrow. the justice department office of legal counsel says the law allows president trump to name the acting director, but legal experts think it's not clear, and that this battle may need to be decided in court. nbc's morgan radford has the back story on all of this. >> reporter: just hours after the agency's first director, richard cord ray, stepped down on friday, he promoted his chief of staff to a position that would put her in charge. but then, president trump fired back, with his own appointment. saying mick mulvaney, the white house budget director, would oversee things. setting off a political firestorm. mulvaney, previously called the organization a sick, sad joke. >> some of us would like to get rid of it because we don't like the idea of there being a nonaccountable federal agency, which is sets a terrible precedent. >> reporter: his new rival leandra english was there at the beginning when liberal members
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