CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails reviewed by Bloomberg News.

The CFPB’s acting deputy chief of staff, Jean Chang, told program manager Alexis Goldstein on Wednesday that she was being terminated for her behavior a year ago, when a DOGE team was at headquarters to talk with leaders of the consumer agency. CFPB management had accused Goldstein of disrupting their meeting by walking into the room, using her personal cell phone to take pictures that included computer screens, ...