Posted on 11/29/2017 6:01:52 AM PST by sdthree
Secret donors are financing the lawsuit against President Donald Trump and White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney over who runs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Deepak Gupta, the lead lawyer of a boutique law firm that launched its suit on behalf of CFPB acting director Leandra English, confirmed in a CNBC interview that English is not paying for his hourly fees, but rather unknown anonymous donors are.
Gupta refused to name who is funding the lawsuit, making it difficult to ascertain the motives, intentions, or any special interests of those underwriting the case.
The D.C. lawyer appeared caught off guard when CNBC hosts asked who was financing his effort. He stumbled over his words in his first answer and said some form of unidentified “structure” was being put in place to accept funds from anonymous donors.
“Well, uh, it’s, it’s not, um, Miss, um English, um, ah. There are ethics lawyers that we’ve consulted, and we have a structure set up that is with ethics rules and, um, we’ll and we’ll be talking about that once we have that,” he told CNBC.
When repeatedly asked who is paying for the case, which could go all the way to the Supreme Court, Gupta answered, “It’s just not appropriate for me to be talking about that right now.”
CNBC’s host asked Gupta if his firm is handling the case pro bono. “No. We’re not,” Gupta replied.
Gupta previously worked for Ralph Nader’s litigation group, which historically has always demanded openness and transparency from government entities.
Trump installed Mulvaney as CFPB acting director after former director Richard Cordray stepped down over the Thanksgiving weekend. Cordray named English his successor before stepping down, leading to the battle for control of the agency that is the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former President Barack Obama.
English claims she is “rightful acting director,” and the case is now before U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly.
CFPB did not finance the case and the bureau’s own lawyers do not support English’s argument.
Mary E. McLeod, the CFPB’s internal general counsel, said she sided with the White House in the dispute, according to the Washington Post.
“I advise all Bureau personnel to act consistently with the understanding that Director Mulvaney is the Acting Director of the CFPB,” she told employees.
Gupta repeatedly refused to identify any of the donors. His law firm, Gupta Wessler, is known as the “anti-Trump” law firm in the nation’s capital.
Former U.S. Attorney Joseph DiGenova said Gupta and English’s reliance on anonymous donors “really focuses on the dangers of not having full accountability for the expenditure of funds for this type of litigation.”
“The usual suspects like Styer and Soros could well be funding this. However, from a government accountability point, this is ‘Bad Government 101,” he said.
It is unclear if some of the financiers are billionaire liberal donors such as George Soros or Tom Steyer.
“The lack of transparency, which Democrats ordinarily would be all over it, I’m sure are just thrilled about this for the moment. It’s utterly disgraceful,” he added.
“We don’t know if some of the funds are coming from the financial institutions or organizations she’s regulating. We don’t know who it is. In which case, that would be criminal.”
DiGenova said the presiding judge could ask English who is financing her litigation effort.
The DCNF contacted Gupta on Monday, but he declined to return our calls.
LIBERALS/DEMOCRATS are not the Party in Power..and they FEAR, DJT and his men, that will get to their secrets and destroy them..they know that, and now are on the run and living in FEAR...
OH NO...IT IS ANOTHER ‘SLUSH FUND’, the Hussein Obama way of operating..CLEAN HOUSE DJT AND DRAIN THAT SWAMP.
I think the Beatles’ song “I’m a Loser” is appropriate here.
Yup. For insubordination, and trying to organize a coup against her boss.
From now on, instead of "Deep State", please use "Deepak Gupta State". ;^) Thanks sdthree.
Arguing over who run's it gives it legitimacy.
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Bets are on DNC.
"CFPB Joins Justice In Shaking Down Banks For Democrat Activist Groups"
Looking for the identity of the "secret donor" financing this suit? Start with those activist groups who were funneled all the penalty funds - and would lose it all if Trump cleans up the corruption in the CFPB.
Emails Confirm: Obama DOJ Funneled Big Bank Settlement Money To Liberal Groups
The Daily Caller / 10/24/2017 | Jack Crowe
FR Posted by ForYourChildren
Emails written by Obama administration Department of Justice officials confirm reports the agency engaged in a systemic effort to funnel money to liberal advocacy organizations from settlements reached with big banks.
The documents, obtained by the House Judiciary Committee as part of an ongoing investigation, reveal the Obama Justice Department effectively skirted Congress’s budgetary authority by requiring that major financial institutions donate to a group of affordable housing nonprofits and legal advocacy organizations as part of settlement agreements resulting from predatory mortgage lending practices.
The internal DOJ documents represent the latest revelation in a two-year investigation spearheaded by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte.
The investigation has thus far yielded evidence implicating the Obama DOJ in using mandatory donations to funnel roughly $1 billion in settlement money to activist groups, including The National Council of La Raza, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and the National Urban League. The list of third party organizations were unrelated to the legal settlements, except through general claims that they would use the funds to aid the low income Americans most severely harmed by predatory lending practices.
—snip—(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
SESSIONS STOPS Justice Department Ends Government Bankrolling of Liberal Groups in Legal Settlements
FR Posted by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Daily Signal ^ | June 7, 2017 | Rachel del Guidice
The federal government no longer will make settlement agreements with any person or organization not directly involved in a legal dispute, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Wednesday. The move by Sessions abolished a practice that has funneled likely millions of dollars in banking settlements to outside organizations in such “third-party” payments.
Left-wing groups, including La Raza and NeighborWorks America, benefited from the practice, The Daily Signal previously reported.
In a formal statement, Sessions said: Effective immediately, [Justice] Department attorneys may not enter into any agreement on behalf of the United States in settlement of federal claims or charges, including agreements... more on FR.
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Sessions can’t muster. To ever raise himself from his comatose condition, and trouble himself to actually *lead* the Justice Department, has proven to be far too great a task.
“Sessionized” is the new “Borked”, the new caricature for poor Jeff, after a year of dithering do-nothing and the opposite performance, for which TRUMP nominated him.
Sadly disappointed, because so much depends on hapless Jeff actively displaying inaction, killing Trump softly and touching none and nothing of the enemies and plots against Trump.
We need to let Sessions know WE KNOW ....and are paying attention.
Good point. If they can waste money and not care then only 2 possibilities. 1. They are the dark powers behind the swamp. 2. They are Karl Rove/Mitch McConnell donors. :>)
A stunning money hole, this goofy organism.
What are these funders going to say when the org is paraded into the public square as nothing, if not a trouble maker for banks and a lush slush fund for all those Leftist causes Obama had them keep propped up? With Federal Reserve money, no less.
How do you beat that, Mr. Donor Soros F. PAC?
Obama, Warren, Rats, and their ilk etc. are not smart enough to set something like this up. This whole thing reeks of Soros. As evil as this POS is, he would be the prime suspect in putting together a money-laundering scheme like this. The whole damn thing is illegal and those associated in any way with it need to be indicted and sent to jail....for a very long time. IF Soros is involved, it’s time to send in a team and take this bassturd out....once and for all. Better yet, ship his sorry azz to Putin as a goodwill measure.
It is a weird creation. It is funded by the Federal Reserve Bank so that Congress can't defund it. There is no Congressional oversight, either.
It was created by Congress and can be terminated by Congress.
Then congress should eliminate it post haste.
The damned swamp is deeper than many thought. And probably even deeper still.
It's looking like we will be fortunate if Trump is able to drain even 10% of it.
Bypassing congressional oversight is a subversion of the constitution. Bypassing congressional funding is criminal subversion of the constitution. Liawatha Warren should be impeached.
That needs to happen.
“ Liawatha Warren”! LOL!
You said it all.
how can Trump make a temp appointment in this case?
is there something special about the CFPB?
the Senate never goes into recess.
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just curious
“Unfortunately, this will not be over until Trump gets his man in office, and then the new head guy, shuts down this cash cow for the rats.”
The GOP Congress needs to pass legislation that any money collected by a federal agency through the regulatory process or legal process must be deposited in the Treasury general fund. No agency can spend funds without an appropriate from Congress (per the Constitution). It is long past time to end the practice of federal agencies using the power of the government to shake money out of citizens and private sector companies and then pay that money out to leftist organizations.
“It [CFPB] was created by Congress and can be terminated by Congress.”
If Congress was performing under the one party leadership of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell the termination of the CFPB could be accomplished in less than one day. The House passes a one paragraph bill killing the agency between 9:00 am and noon. At 1:00 pm the Senate takes up the bill and passes it by 2:00 pm. At 3:00 pm President Trump signs the bill and orders the acting secretary of the CFPB to start the process of dismantling the agency. At 8:00 am the next morning the firings take place.
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