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On the recordFebruary 4, 2020
When Trump's acting Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, was running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), he did everything he could for predatory payday lenders.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters accuses Mulvaney of favoring payday lenders during his tenure at the CFPB.

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