Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, wants to know whether Brian Johnson, CFPB director nominee and an executive at Capital One, had a role in the bureau’s decision last year to drop its lawsuit against the bank.
In addition to deleting press releases, testimonies and speeches published before February 2025, the CFPB removed a website translation tool that allowed users to access information in several non-English languages.
The bureau’s draft strategic plan for fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2030 included many of the same objectives the agency has already been promoting, such as debanking and deregulation.