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Russell Vought

What's on Russell Vought's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
26%18%14%11%31%
One foot out the door 26% Democrats' exit interview 18% · newHis CFPB pick won't cross him 14% Hollowing out the CFPB 11% · neweverything else 31%
#1
Vought hands the consumer bureau's keys to an acting director

Mark Paoletta takes over as CFPB acting director as Vought's stint atop the agency ends.

Paoletta Becomes CFPB Acting Director

Consumer Finance Monitor · 2026-08-04
our translation

he never wanted to run the place, he wanted to shrink it — leaving with a hand-picked caretaker installed is the whole point of taking the job

Paoletta named acting director Aug 4very sure · 2 sources
#2
Democrats give the outgoing watchdog chief a farewell roasting
new — Exit-interview coverage across wire reprintspretty sure · 2 sources
#3
The successor is an ally, not a course correction
Longtime ally now holds the chairpretty sure · 1 source
#4
Supervisors told staff that going hard on firms gets 'unpleasant'
new — Staff warning surfaced in reportingpretty sure · 1 source
thursday, august 6
Sign the CFPB handover paperwork and go back to OMB full-time(reported)
Read the comment letters piling up on the grant-rule rewrite(reported)
Decline to comment on the impeachment resolution(reported)
Find another agency's budget line to unspend before dinner(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Paoletta Becomes CFPB Acting Director

news.google.com · 2026-08-06

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