The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted all press releases, testimony, speeches and most public statements Tuesday from before President Donald Trump took office for the second time.
The agency noted the deletions on its website but did not provide context or explanation. A CFPB spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
All that remained under the website’s News tab were dozens of pre-February 2025 items in the Recent Updates section, specifically 476 items labeled “Report” and 99 items labeled “Office of Public Research.”
The news items’ elimination, which were first reported by Bloomberg Law, is hardly a first for the agency. Under Acting Director Russ Vought, the CFPB has rescinded 67 pieces of Biden-era guidance and sought to lay off hundreds of workers. The latter remains courtroom fodder.
In October, Vought indicated the intention to shutter the CFPB altogether in “two to three months.” The agency, however, remains open.
In February, the agency published three pages dissuading consumers from contacting the CFPB until they filed complaints with credit agencies. More than 58% of complaints on the CFPB’s consumer complaint portal in 2020 pertained to credit and consumer reporting, the bureau said.
