Punchbowl News: The Vault: Warren preps grilling for Trump CFPB nom

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will ask the Trump administration nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau whether he’d refuse “any unlawful directives” from the White House and if the agency could operate with only 100 employees, according to a letter reviewed by Punchbowl News.

Jonathan McKernan appears before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday as the White House’s pick to lead the CFPB full-time. With much of the agency’s operations still suspended, we expect McKernan to get the brunt of lawmaker attention – especially from Democrats – as he testifies alongside fellow economic nominees Bill Pulte, Stephen Miran and Jeffrey Kessler.

Warren’s letter, which you can read here, includes questions she wants McKernan to be prepared to answer and is just one part of a broader defense the Massachusetts Democrat is revving up this morning. Warren is leading a separate “forum” later today in defense of the CFPB.

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