Workers at US consumer watchdog CFPB protest as Trump appointee takes over

9/2/2025 6:24

About 100 workers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protested outside the agency's headquarters on Saturday, hours after President Donald

Trump's newly installed management and budget director Russell Vought took control.



The staffers who are members of the CFPB Union NTEU 335 braved chilly temperatures, chanting slogans as passing motorists honked in support.

Some carried signs saying "Resist the mean bros," in reference to billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, whose agents have accessed highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees.



The Wall Street Journal reported late on Friday that representatives of the South African-born Musk's DOGE had gained "read-only" access to CFPB computer systems.