Earlier in the week, Blankenstein asked Ficklin, his subordinate, to write a supportive note about him for The Post’s initial story. In her email Friday, Ficklin said she had not read Blankenstein’s blog when she did so. At 1:38 p.m., Blankenstein wrote an email appealing to her to hold off. “We, the undersigned members of the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity, support Patrice Ficklin in her statement,” said an email signed by 17 agency employees. Placing Blankenstein in charge of fair lending was a serious moral and managerial failure, and he must go,” Brown said.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2018 00:00 UTC