Doge Arrives At CFPB. Is This The End?
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has embedded itself inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the first step toward dismantling the agency.
Three DOGE team members—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—arrived at the CFPB’s Washington office, the CFPB employees union NTEU 335 said in a Friday statement.
The move comes months after Musk posted “Delete CFPB” on his X social media platform, and as he develops X into a financial services platform in partnership with Visa Inc. Musk’s DOGE, established by President Donald Trump to slash federal spending, has also moved to shut down most operations at the US Agency for International Development and several other agencies.
The three DOGE emissaries arrived at CFPB headquarters on Friday morning for a meeting with senior agency staff, according to a source with knowledge of the situation who was granted anonymity to protect against retaliation.
The CFPB, the Office of Personnel Management, and the US Digital Service didn’t respond to requests for comment. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the CFPB’s acting director since last week after President Donald Trump fired former Director Rohit Chopra, barred the CFPB from conducting any external communications and paused other key operations.
