Federal judge blocks Musk team's effort to shutter top consumer agency

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Order comes a day after the ‘efficiency’ team sent out orders to lay off 1,500 of the agency’s 1,700 employees

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A handful of divisions have been completely eliminated by the administration, according to court filings, including the office of servicemember affairs, the office of older Americans, and the office of fair lending. Only eight employees remain in the office of consumer response, while the entire team responsible for the CFPB’s data storage systems has been terminated.

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In February, Jackson had ordered a halt to terminations at the CFPB and barred the agency from deleting data or transferring reserve funds except for operational purposes.

According to a declaration from an employee who had been laid off, filed under the pseudonym Alex Doe, this week’s layoffs were managed by Gavin Kliger, a staffer at the tech billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. “He kept the team up for 36 hours straight to ensure that the notices would go out yesterday (17 April).”

That declaration also said that when team members raised concerns about court orders requiring “particularized assessment” of employees, “they were told that all that mattered was the numbers”.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/federal-judge-blocks-musk-consumer-agency

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1. Judge Amy Berman Jackson has suspended efforts to implement large-scale terminations at CFPB

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