Newly released transcripts of the initial hearing in the D.C. District Court over Leandra English’s request for an emergency restraining order against President Donald Trump’s appointment of Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau show the chaos and uncertainty surrounding the first work day after the resignation of Director Richard Cordray.
District Judge Timothy Kelly inquired about English’s employment status – whether she had been fired or was expected to be fired – and arguments from Mulvaney’s counsel appear to show that by Mulvaney not facing resistance from taking control of the bureau that first day, the burden of proof placed on English’s counsel might have shifted.
Read on for more of the initial highlights from the hearing.
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