A federal judge has ordered the suspension of attempts under President Donald Trump to dismantle the Consumer Protection Office (CFPB), an independent government agency accused of investigation and prevention Financial abuse.

On Friday, the American boycott judge, Emmy Berman Jackson, gave a request from employees, defenders and union representatives to issue a preliminary judicial order, and prevented the office from closing with the continuing court procedures.

The judge wrote in her order: “The court cannot look away or CFPB will be dissolved and completely dismantled in about thirty days, before this lawsuit reached its end,” the judge wrote in her order.

She agreed with the plaintiffs that there is an unorganized immediate damage, given the speed of the Trump administration’s efforts.

Berman Jackson wrote: “If the defendants are not obligated, they will cancel the agency before the court has the opportunity to determine whether the law allows them to do so,” Berman Jackson wrote.

The ruling was the latest in the countless court decisions facing the Trump administration campaign to simplify the federal government, often through extensive discounts of employees and eliminating the entire agencies and departments.

Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio announced that he had informed Congress of absorption plans The United States Agency for International Development (The American Agency for International Development) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and put its independent jobs under executive control.

But critics asked whether these maneuvers were legal. They argue that agencies such as the US Agency for International Development and CFPB were created as independent organizations during the era of Congress and that the president has exceeded his constitutional borders by overcoming Congress decisions.

CFPB, in particular, has long been a target of conservative anger.

The office was established in 2011, in response to the 2007 financial crisis that motivated predators.

As an independent agency, CFPB was a monitoring body, research collection, financial market control, and field complaints from ordinary consumers who face illegal or deceptive procedures from their banks or financial service providers.

As of December 2024, the office received credit to return $ 21 billion to consumers by reducing debt, discounts or cash compensation resulting from its enforcement activities.

But many Republicans and leaders of the financial industry have polished Organizational and organizational activitiesAccusing the Office of Corporate Obstacles.

On January 31, shortly after the beginning of his second term as a president, Trump moved to shoot at the office manager, Rohit Chopra, and replaced him with an ally.

By February 8, the office was ordered to stop all investigations, including pending investigations, and to stop any enforcement activity that mainly stops its functions. The next day, its headquarters were closed. The office also started seeing the same widespread workers facing other federal agencies.

Judge Berman Jackson has opened its 112 -page decision with quotes from some CFPB critics within the Trump administration.

“CFPB was an awakening agency and weapons against industries and individuals for a long time. This must end,” said Russell Fair, Director of the Administration and Budget Office during the Trump era.

Another critic was taken from Berman Jackson’s order is Trump’s advisor and billionaire businessman Elon MuskWho contacted the “delete” the office.

“Rip CFPB”, was briefly written on February 7, where he led the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) the dismantling of the organization.

Musk was accused of conflicting interests with CFPB, as it expands the available financial services on its X.

Judge Berman Jackson confirmed that she did not take her decision lightly in the opening lines of her ruling.

“The proposal of a preliminary judicial order is determined in one question: Should the court take action to keep the financial protection office now before resolving the case related to its fate?” Berman Jackson wrote. “This is an extraordinary step.”

However, she indicated that the al -Zarj was necessary: ​​”The court’s supervision is the only thing that hinders the defendants.”

Among the prosecutors were the Union of National Treasury employees and the National Association for Progressing Persons (NAACP), a prominent civil rights organization.

But there was also an individual named in the complaint: Reverend Eva Stege, 83 -year -old Luthary priest who sought CFPB assistance for student loans that incurred her during school.

During the investigation of the Steege case, CFBP found it not only eligible to obtain the loan remission but also for $ 15,000 was returned in excess payments.

Steege in Hospice care at the time, according to the complaint.

Judge Berman Jackson wrote in her decision: “Her hope was to solve debts and spare her family, which is packed after her death,” Judge Berman Jackson wrote in her decision.

But the sudden closure of CFPB services left Steege in Lurch, without a decision in its case or recovering the excessive amount.

The judge explained that “Stage’s fear of leaving her family members left alive, burdened the student’s loan debts came on March 15, when she died.”

Berman Jackson said that the issue raised questions about the separation of powers under the constitution of the United States and whether the president had violated the “legislative authority.”

She wrote: “The evidence reveals that: The defendants were actually involved in a concerted and secret effort to completely close the agency when the request for restraining relief was submitted.”

“While the president is free to propose legislation for Congress to achieve this goal, the defendants are not free to eliminate an agency established by the statute on their own, and certainly not before the court has an opportunity to judge the advantages of the prosecutors.”

It also shed light on the “deceitful” arguments he called from the Trump administration lawyers.

The judge wrote: “The court left little confidence that the defense can be trusted to say the truth about anything.”