Federal Judge Pauses Trump Admin Layoffs at Consumer Watchdog Agency

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said on Friday that she is ‘deeply concerned’ that the administration isn’t complying with a previous order.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson listens during the investiture ceremony for U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden at the U.S. District Court in Washington on April 13, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A federal judge on April 18 blocked the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), expressing concerns about whether the mandate violates a previous court order.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said at a court hearing that she is “deeply concerned” that Trump administration officials are not complying with her earlier order that maintains CFPB’s existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve it, according to reporters who were in the courthouse.