On Feb. 10, Vought issued a directive to employees to stop any work tasks.
Most of the professional staff has since been idled on administrative leave.
Paolettas memo posed as if there had been an unfortunate confusion created by Voughts stop-work order of Feb. 10.
Demonstrators protest cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) a federal court house in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2025.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Paoletta insisted that guidance was still in effect.
Let me be clear: Employees should be performing work that is required by law.
Rolling Stonehas received a copy of a memo written by Cassandra Huggins, a director of CFPB staff.
[Emphasis in the original.]
Court hearings on this case will resume next Monday, March 10.
