A federal judge Tuesday denied a request for a temporary restraining order to keep Mick Mulvaney from serving as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, handing a victory to President Trump and opponents of the independent watchdog agency.
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to members of the media after a House Republican Conference meeting Sept. 8, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images)
The ruling was issued by Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated this year by President Trump and took his seat on the court in September.
The dispute was precipitated by last week’s resignation of Richard Cordray, a Democrat who has been the agency’s only director since it was established in 2010 by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Cordray announced Friday that he had appointed Leandra English as the agency’s deputy director, which made her the acting chief, but within hours President Trump appointed Mulvaney, the White House budget chief, to fill the post.
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