credit card accounts that were not authorized by customers. but with this fight over the top job, the bureau s work is in serious question. okay. the problem is, they ve done real things, stephanie. mick mulvaney and president trump i think the president tweeted this morning it s done nothing useful or helpful. if you re not a consumer, you re not interested. listen, when it is called the consumer financial protection bureau, of course, the name, just like the epa, environmental protection agency would lead you to believe there is protection for the subject. they do great things. it doesn t mean they re perfect. it doesn t mean that they should go unchecked, untouched. no, but the president isn t saying that they re imperfect. mick mulvaney is saying it is sad, sick, a failure. it s not those things. they re absolutely wrong. but in terms of wells fargo, for example, the cfpb was late. if it wasn t for the la times reporting, it is unclear whether the cfpb would h
good morning. do you believe you have legitimate authority over this bureau? yes, i do. nick mulvaney is in a battle over who is in charge of the consumer protection buree. the president picked him to temporarily run the consumer watchdog agency. but deputy director who was appointed to the pest on friday by outgoing director richard wants the federal court to block the move. she said it stipulates she would be in charge. it reads please disregard any instructions you received from miss english in her presumed capacity as acting director. if you receive additional communications from her today in any form related ipanyway to the function of her actual or presumed official duties please inform the general counsel. mulvaney had this to say about
lawsuits flying after 48 hours. it s quite incredible the way this played out. bret: to senator schumer s point, mick mulvaney has not been somebody who says the cfpb is a great place. he called it a sad joke and there s a sense that part of that reason is to turn the whole thing around, to stop what it s doing. i would disagree but it s meaningless. i think it s a very important bureau. might ve had good intentions. in practice it s been almost without restraint and what it can go after and the penalties that can be levied against groups it decides needs to be levied against. republicans have long claimed this beer is corrupt and an accountable and unconstitutional. this response we are seeing from that bureaucracy and democrats on the hill seems to be saying that s how we wanted and that s how he designed it. in addition to the office of legal counsel and the department of justice and the other legal opinions, there are some
this period where mick mulvaney is basically in a standoff with this woman claim she is the active director. that s right, jake. the next step is federal court. this rare standoff escalated today as the white house budget director mick mulvaney and the deputy director of the consumer financial protection bureau both showed up to work this morning, each claiming to be the interim head of the agency in dueling e-mails to their staff. now the white house and mulvaney point to legal opinions from the bureau s top lawyer and the justice department supporting mulvaney as the head, and the press secretary sarah sanders said mulvaney has taken charge today with the full cooperation of the staff at the agency. but that has not stopped lan yeah english. to declare her the writeful acting director. despite who is legally entitled to run this agency, there is also a battle of who can do it
governor brownback for the ambassador at large slot dealing with religious liberty has been stalled and the senate has confirmed on the confirmation. at the same time the national security staff has a vacant slot that deals with this same issue, religious liberty that doesn t require senate confirmation. is he going to fill that slot on the nfc? i am not aware of a specific announcement, but if one happens we ll certainly make sure you re aware of it. the other question is regarding the appointment of director mulvaney to a simultaneous presidential appointment, it seems a little odd because this has not been done according to many accounts since before world war i. we re an administration that likes to break new ground, john. we broke it, but the last time it was before world war i when the secretary of the treasury was also the first