Hollowing out the CFPB
on Russell Vought's mind since 2026-07-10
CFPB quietly winds down its probe of community loan funds
An investigation Vought had personally singled out is being closed out with no enforcement action attached.
the quietest way to end a regulator is to keep the lights on and stop finishing anything. a closed probe never makes the noise a mass firing does.
new — Targeted probe closed without action
The history
- 2026-08-09— #3 · 14% · new this week — CFPB quietly winds down its probe of community loan funds
- 2026-08-08— #3 · 14% · new this week — The bureau quietly closes a probe he personally targeted
- 2026-08-06— #4 · 11% · new this week — Supervisors told staff that going hard on firms gets 'unpleasant'
- 2026-08-05— #4 · 12% · fading — Staff told hard enforcement gets 'unpleasant'
- 2026-07-25— #3 · 14% · steady — 'Open Mind' On Staffing Is The New Line For An Emptied Bureau
- 2026-07-24— #3 · 15% · steady — The Bureau-Shutdown Push Survives the Hearing
- 2026-07-19— #4 · 13% · fading — 'Fire people without firing them'
- 2026-07-18— #3 · 16% · fading — Senate Democrats put a number on the overhaul: $26.5 billion
- 2026-07-17— #3 · 17% · fading — Structurally defective, he says, as Warren counts to $26.5 billion
- 2026-07-16— #1 · 32% · steady — He Called the Watchdog He Gutted 'Structurally Defective'
- 2026-07-15— #1 · 31% · steady — Congress Wants Answers on the Gutted Watchdog
- 2026-07-14— #1 · 26% · steady — Vought Brings the CFPB Teardown to Capitol Hill
- 2026-07-13— #1 · 26% · steady — The teardown of the CFPB grinds on
- 2026-07-12— #1 · 27% · steady — Vought's Campaign to Kill the CFPB Grinds On
- 2026-07-11— #1 · 29% · steady — CFPB: Diminished, Firings Paused, But Not Dead Yet
- 2026-07-10— #1 · 28% · new this week — The CFPB isn't dead — Vought just wants it comatose