AG Paxton: D.C. Court Rejects Challenge to President Trump’s Authority to Appoint CFPB Acting Director

AG Paxton: D.C. Court Rejects Challenge to President Trump’s Authority to Appoint CFPB Acting Director

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN –Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia earlier this week denying a request for a preliminary injunction to remove President Trump’s appointment of a temporary director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Several of the same constitutional issues raised by Attorney General Paxton in a 13-state friend-of-the-court brief were echoed by the District Court in its opinion, which was issued Wednesday. Last November, […]