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February 25, 2025 • 1 min read

Trump is Surrendering Servicemembers to Financial Abuse

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The Trump-installed Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russ Vought has abruptly (and illegally) halted all of the Bureau’s enforcement and supervision work. The CFPB employees who have not been fired are currently forbidden from doing their jobs. For the military community, crippling the CFPB is a callous withdrawal of key safeguards for servicemembers’ finances. 

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