The White House is considering firing this guy, but it’s complicated.
WASHINGTON — Richard Cordray is the federal watchdog with the biggest target on his back in President Trump’s Washington.
Cordray heads the consumer lending bureau championed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, and the White House is actively weighing whether Trump should fire him, according to Republican congressional aides and lobbyists who are in contact with the administration about Cordray’s fate.
“They want to fire him. Their legal counsel are looking at every angle,” said one well-connected lobbyist.
It is a move that many Republican lawmakers are urging, but it also gives some White House advisers pause for the potential of a backfire within Trump’s own populist base.
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