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CFPB staff and leaders clash about whether they’re allowed to work

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Judge Amy Berman Jackson worried that CFPB leadership was issuing directives “with people’s fingers crossed behind their backs” Adam Martinez is expected to testify next week at a hearing scheduled for 10AM on Monday .

Martinez says the agency is in “wind down mode” and that staff have been allowed to continue legally required work.

A supervisor of the Escalated Case Management team also filed a sworn declaration, saying their team had not performed work since Vought ’s February 10th order to “stand down from performing any work task” Martinez claims he is personally helping staff seek clarification about which legally mandated responsibilities he says they can continue to carry out.

CFPB chief legal officer Mark Paoletta wrote in an email obtained by The Verge that some employees have not been performing statutorily required work.