Yesterday, Public Citizen lawyers sued the Trump regime for its illegal attempts to dismantle the federal government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

This is the seventh lawsuit Public Citizen has filed so far against the Trump regime.

Here’s more about this latest case:

• In 2008, Wall Street’s reckless greed set off a worldwide financial crisis.

• So Congress — in accordance with its constitutional duty to regulate commerce — established a new federal agency to protect the American people, and our economy, from Big Banks and other giant financial institutions.

• Public Citizen played a major role in the creation of the new agency, known as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

• Since its creation in 2011, the CFPB has recovered billions for everyday Americans and helped create a fairer, more transparent financial marketplace.

• Donald Trump has openly declared his intent to “totally eliminate” the CFPB.

• Dismantling the CFPB violates the law and is in defiance of the Constitution’s separation of powers.

• The regime’s actions are causing mass confusion and imposing significant and irreparable harm on consumers all across the country.

Our lawsuit seeks to stop the Trump regime’s illegal dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Public Citizen — with co-counsel at Gupta Wessler LLP and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) — is representing the NTEU, CFPB Employee Association, NAACP, National Consumer Law Center, Pastor Eva Steege, and Virginia Poverty Law Center in this case.

We also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order, asking the court to stop the Trump regime from proceeding with its plan while our case goes forward.

Again, this is the seventh lawsuit Public Citizen has filed over unlawful actions by the Trump regime — we’ve been emailing you updates about some of the others — and there are more to come.

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