President Trump recently signed yet another executive order to roll back the reach of the federal government – this one promoting “a comprehensive plan for reorganizing the executive branch.” But unlike some of the earlier EOs from the White House, the odds seem to be higher that this one may apply to the CFPB. In an email exchange, former CFPB official Benjamin Olson, now a partner with the BuckleySandler law firm in Washington, DC, was asked if this EO applies to his former employer. He replied: “Yes and no. Unlike past orders that referred to ‘executive departments and agencies,’ this one refers to agencies ‘defined in’ 5 U.S.C. 551(1), which seems to include – or at least not exclude – independent agencies such ...