The Trump administration has illegally accessed federal employees' private data in an equally unlawful effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a lawsuit filed Monday alleges.

During the nearly seven months of his second term, the 45th and 47th president made no secret of his disdain for the CFPB – an agency widely considered the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren. In February, Trump said his plan was for the CFPB to be "totally eliminated" because "number one, it was a bad group of people running it, but it was also a waste." That same month, while still a special employee leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk posted "CFPB RIP" on his personal X, formerly Twitter, account.

But the attacks on the agency have not only been rhetorica

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