Lawyers for President Donald Trump's administration have denied that the White House intends to dismantle the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, apparently contradicting statements the president himself made to reporters earlier this month.

U.S. District Judge John Bates said the attorneys for the plaintiffs will be allowed to question an official from the DOGE’s White House headquarters, and one from the Labor Department, HHS, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump's administration have denied that the White House intends to dismantle the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Republicans have had the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in their sights since its 2011 inception. With President Donald Trump back in the White House, they appear to be moving toward their goal of dismantling the federal watchdog,

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired dozens of its workers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of the White House. But to many people, it has fought abusive businesses when no one else would.

All I ask is that [the White House] follow f****** federal employment laws,” said one Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee.

All I ask is that [the White House] follow f****** federal employment laws,” said one Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee.

However, the White House secured a recent win when a judge lifted a pause on a program incentivizing federal resignations. Get the latest headlines delivered to your inbox each morning. Sign up for our Morning Edition to start your day.

The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."

It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into focus: a blueprint for mass layoffs, creeping inflation, and a dissolution of consumer safeguards reviled by many wealthy Republican donors and politicians.