State Attorney Generals File Motion in CFPB Case

January 23, 2017

On Monday, January 23, 2017, State Attorneys General (AG) from 17 states filed a motion to intervene in the CFPB’s case with PHH.  Citing President Trump’s “strong opposition” to Dodd-Frank financial reforms, the AG’s requested permission to defend the CFPB before the U.S. Court of Appeals. The motion stated: “Given the position of the president-elect and the new administration, it is urgent that the state attorneys general intervene in order to protect the interests of their states and their states’ citizens in an independent CFPB.”  The AGs further argued the Trump administration “may not continue an effective defense of the statutory for-cause protection of the CFPB director” as a reason they should be permitted to intervene in the case.

 

The motion was led by Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and signed by attorneys general in Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.