A federal judge in Washington, DC, ordered an immediate stop to the planned layoffs of almost 1,500 employees in the Office of Financial Protection of the consumer, and is ordering the Trump administration to deliver communications and ask the senior officials available for the testimony to determine if they deliberately violated one of their judicial orders.
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told government lawyers that he was “deeply concerned” about the apparently hurried efforts to implement a reduction in force or RIF, of approximately 1483 employees in the CFPB, which would come into force at 6 pm tonight.
A security officer works within the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Building building on Monday, February 10, 2025 in Washington.
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