The deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the Trump administration on Sunday to block the president’s appointment of Mick Mulvaney as interim director of the agency. English was appointed deputy director of the CFPB on Friday after the agency’s director, Richard Cordray, stepped down, and says her role mandates she serve as acting director until Congress appoints Cordray’s replacement. “We think the clear legal authority is that the president does have this authority,” an administration official said in a call with reporters on Saturday. He said the law gave him the authority to appoint a deputy director to lead the agency following his departure. “My understanding of the law is that the deputy director serves as the acting director upon my resignation,” he told the outlet.

Source: Huffington Post November 27, 2017 03:56 UTC