Feud at watchdog over Trump nominee

President Donald Trump’s appointment of his budget director as interim director of a consumer financial protection agency championed by Democrats is being challenged in a federal court.

The official elevated to the position of interim director by outgoing director Richard Cordray filed suit against Trump and his pick, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney.

In her suit filed on Sunday night, Leandra English cites the Dodd-frank Act, which created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

English says that as deputy director, she became the acting director under the law. She also argues that the federal law which the White House contends supports Trump’s appointment of Mulvaney does not apply when another statute designates a successor. English asks that the court issue a temporary restraining order to block Mulvaney from taking over. Mulvaney has called the agency a “joke” and is expected to dismantle much of what the bureau has done.