fact the agency s very existence had been made into law. so there was always this question about what a republican president might do with that agency the republicans have hated so much. and what president trump did today was install an acting director of the cfpb who said he wanted to destroy the bureau when he was still a congressman. . it s a wonderful example of how a bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody. it turns up being a joke. and that s what the cfpb really has been in a sick, sad kind of way. because you have an institution that has tremendous authority over what y all do for a living. some of us would like to get rid of it. talking to a representative of the banking industry there. and now that man, that guy who wants to get rid of it is running that very agency. or is he? because today another person claimed to be the director of that agency. and she is suing president trump. and that s next. my opinion of the structure of the cfpb has not
do something that has nothing to do with his area of expertise. you may recall at the beginning he was even sort of functioning as a shadow secretary of state that is all largely over under general kelly. so there is also so, you have this sort of diminished role and organizational story there. but there is also the fact that a lot of things you can say about michael flynn, you can say about jared kushner. there seems to be a fair amount of exposure, particularly in the sort of sense of forms and the fs-86, what he has told congress lining up with the facts. how much is this weighing on the white house, the degree to which jared kushner himself is expo exposed? sure. i said at the outset that jared kushner s people and his lawyers maintain he did nothing wrong and he is cooperating with congress, cooperating with the probe. but there are people inside the white house and outside of the white house in the president s inner orbit who are very worried about this. and they say that jar
claimed to be the director of that agency. and she is suing president trump. and that s next. hat s good! comfort soups like broccoli cheddar. with a twist of butternut squash. o. -mmm .that s good!
dangerous? well, i think the concern of people, and again, these are people who are more speculating. but the concern is that if jared gets embroiled in this, and we ve seen that mueller s probe is not necessarily looking at actions inside the white house, but it will go to people s financial dealings or with jared in particular understanding mueller is interested in contacts he had with russians during the transition and also in his role in firing comey. basically, that if jared gets in trouble, he is very close to the president. at the beginning he was walking in and out of the oval office sort of unfettered, that it might come back and hurt the president. all right. ashley parker, thanks for your time tonight, thank you. next, the white house defending the president s use of a racial slur during a event honoring native americans. the fallout from the president s latest cheap shot at senator elizabeth warren in just two minutes. get ready these 5 pairings are gonna floor ya.
six or eight months. no senate confirmation. i m not a lawyer, but i know the constitution talks about advise and consent. so you can put the special interest people in like nick mulvaney. there are no ethics rules around them because they re interim. so that s what the president can start doing over and over. it s a total violation of what we used to do or what we stand for. but these guys play hardball. look at how he did this today. and that s the way they are going to behave on agency after agency. it s clear. if they win this one, it s katie bar the door. that s what they re going to do. so you met am i correct you met with ms. english today? i did. what was that meeting like and what is her game plan going forward? i really can t talk about the meeting per se because it was private meeting. but i can say she is clearly qualified. she believes that the consumer bureau should actually look out for consumers.