Two Top Officials at the US Consumer Agency Resign Amid Trump Admin Directives

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who is now the acting head of the CFPB, had signaled he would shut down the agency.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building in Washington, on Oct. 31, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Two top officials in the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday that they are resigning from their positions in the midst of orders issued by the Trump administration to suspend funding.

Eric Halperin, the agency’s director of enforcement, and Lorelei Salas, the head of supervision, issued emails that they would be resigning.