Trump fires another Biden holdover – EVOL

President Trump has fired another Joe Biden holdover as he gets rid of leftists in positions of power. In this case, it was the head of the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which started under Obama.

Here’s the news via the AP:

President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.

Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan. 20.

During Trump’s first term, the Republican had picked Chopra as a Democrat member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Chopra was notified of his firing in an email from the White House, according to a person familiar with the notice who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Politico adds more context…

Republicans have criticized the consumer bureau, which they see as an unaccountable regulator with too broad a reach ever since it opened its doors in 2011. Chopra, a protege of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, was an especially active regulator, and the next director is expected to

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