More than a week ago, a federal judge denied Leandra English’s request to block President Trump from naming someone else to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the George Costanza of federal bureaucrats still won’t leave. She’s burrowing in, still claiming to be the acting director, and still issuing memos to staff that everyone ignores. The real acting director, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, is trying to run the place despite this resistance. Since Mr. Mulvaney is calling the shots, we wonder what...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 08, 2017 23:48 UTC