March 10, 2026

Trump Lawfare

Jonathan Turley Reacts To ‘Quite Damning’ Criminal Allegations Against Letitia James– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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George Washington law professor and Fox News legal expert Jonathan Turley was floored by a Trump Administration official’s letter referring New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Department of Justice for potential criminal charges, calling the allegations “damning” and “pretty straightforward.”

The criminal referral came from Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte, who outlined the allegations in a letter addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The letter, which was reviewed by Fox News and the New York Post, alleged that James had “falsified records” to get home loans for a property in Virginia. James had listed the property as her “principal residence” in 2023 despite serving as the attorney general of New York.

The letter further revealed that James previously purchased a Brooklyn home in 2001, but has “consistently misrepresented the same property as only having four units in both building permit applications and numerous mortgage documents and applications,” the letter noted. This could have allowed James to receive a lower mortgage rate and led to lower payments under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).

“Ms. James, for both properties listed above, appears to have falsified records in order to meet certain lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms,” Pulte wrote.

BREAKING: Trump admin hits Letitia James with criminal referral to DOJ over alleged mortgage fraud | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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“Based on media reports, Ms. Letitia James has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms.”

The Trump administration hit New York Attorney General Letitia James with a criminal referral for alleged mortgage fraud on Tuesday, according to a report from the New York Post.

The outlet reported that Federal Housing FHFA Director William Pulte sent the referral to Attorney General Pam Bondi as well as the Department of Justice, and accused James of having “falsified records” to get a home loan in Virginia while she was still serving as the New York state AG. The alleged false documents said that James’ home in Virginia was her “principal residence.” When a home is labeled as ones “principal residence,” loans will sometimes have more favorable terms.

Democrat Leader Threatens Trump Administration: Bring Back MS-13 Illegal Alien Gangbanger to US or Activist Courts Will Need to Hold Marco Rubio and Pam Bondi in Contempt | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Democrat minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is threatening the Trump administration to bring back illegal alien gangbangers into the country or face consequences.

Pelosi’s angels.

Democrats have a long history of defending violent, illegal alien gangbangers.

Former Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi defended MS-13 in 2018 saying they were “God’s children…” and, “There’s a spark of divinity in every person.”

MS13’s motto is, “Kill, rape, control.”

That won’t keep Democrats from defending this brutal and evil multi-national gang.

Judge Blocks Trump From Terminating Status for 530,000 Aliens– www.dailysignal.com

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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal status and work permits for over 530,000 illegal aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot terminate the legal status of the migrants “without case-by-case review.”

The Biden administration program allowed migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to be flown directly into the interior of the U.S. and granted work authorization. The program was intended to provide “safe and orderly pathways to the United States” for nationals from the four nations under the category of humanitarian parole.

On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to “Terminate all categorical parole programs,” including the “Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.”

Judge rules Trump admin can deport foreign leader of Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protests– www.thecollegefix.com

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Khalil’s lawyers have until April 23 to request ‘relief’ and halt deportation  

President Donald Trump’s administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil, the man who helped lead disruptive pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University over the last year, a U.S. immigration judge ruled Friday.

“The department has met its burden to establish removability by clear and convincing evidence,” Judge Jamee Comans said, according to The New York Times.

Khalil’s case “now moves on to what is known as the ‘relief stage,’ in which his lawyers will be able to argue for his right to stay in the country. If they lose, they can appeal, first to an immigration board and then to a federal court,” the outlet reported.

The judge gave Khalil’s legal team until April 23 to file a request for relief to prevent his deportation, Axios reported.

El Salvador President Says He Won’t Return Man Deported to His Country– legalinsurrection.com

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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he would not return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to America.

“The question is preposterous,” said Bukele. “How can I smuggle a terrorist with the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.”

The administration admitted it made a mistake deporting Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

Abrego Garcia belonged to the El Salvadoran MS-13 gang and entered America illegally. He lost his attempts to stay in America through the immigration and asylum system but received removal protection in 2019.

Abrego Garcia had to be removed…except to El Salvador because he feared for his life.

“We’re not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country,” continued Bukele. “We just turned the murder capital of the world to the safest country of the western hemisphere and he wants to go back into the releasing criminal so we can go back to being the murdered capital of the world. That’s not going to happen.”

Trump Advisor Steven Miller Calls DOJ Lawyer Removed From Abrego Garcia Deportation Case a Democrat ‘Saboteur’ › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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White House Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller on Monday called the Justice Department attorney who was handling the Abrego Garcia deportation case a Democrat “saboteur” and accused him of falsely claiming Garcia was mistakenly removed.

On April 4, DOJ attorney, Erez Reuveni, told U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis that Garcia “should not have been removed,” and that he didn’t know why the alleged MS-13 member was even arrested. “I am also frustrated that I also have no answers for you on a lot of these questions,” he said.

After that court appearance, Reuveni was placed on leave. “At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on April 5. “Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.”

J6 Prosecutors Demand Investigation Into Trump’s Pick for US Attorney– townhall.com

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Five former prosecutors who worked on the effort to railroad those involved in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol Building have demanded an investigation into President Donald Trump’s pick to become Washington, DC’s new top prosecutor.

Ed Martin has won his share of controversy over some of the moves he made while serving as interim US attorney for DC, especially related to the J6 prosecutions. CNN reported that the former prosecutors are calling on the disciplinary office for DC attorneys to launch an investigation into Martin.

Martin, who has been serving in the post on an interim basis since Trump returned to the White House, is a divisive pick for the job. After stepping into the position, he used his new powers to dismiss January 6 Capitol riot cases, fire prosecutors who were involved in the investigations, go after his and Trump’s political adversaries, and launch internal reviews in an attempt to find misconduct within the office.

Five Major Law Firms Settle with Trump Admin to Avoid Executive Order Punishments– slaynews.com

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President Donald Trump has reached a deal with five law firms that were accused of illegal hiring practices and political discrimination.

The settlement will allow them to avoid punishing executive orders in exchange for hundreds of millions in free legal services.

The deal represents a massive win for Trump.

The president leveraged White House sanctions, which has sent dozens of massive law firms scrambling to kiss the ring and cut deals with the Trump administration.

Law firms Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP have all agreed to provide $125 million each in free legal work.

The legal services will be used for causes ranging from representing veterans to fighting anti-Semitism.

Federal Judge Orders Trump’s USDA to Unfreeze Maine Funding Amid Trans Athletes Dispute– conservativeroof.com

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A federal judge on Friday ordered President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to unfreeze federal funding to Maine, as the administration continues to battle the Democrat-run state over transgender athletes.

District Court Judge John Woodcock issued a temporary restraining order in the case brought by Maine against the USDA, although he noted his order does not weigh in on the larger dispute surrounding Maine allowing trans-identifying males on female sports teams and in female spaces.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on April 2 that the agency had begun freezing federal funds to Maine because of Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ refusal to bar transgender-identifying boys from competing in girls’ sports. The USDA said it paused distribution of funds after sending multiple requests to Mills urging her to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order and Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities receiving federal funding.

“You cannot openly violate federal law against discrimination in education and expect federal funding to continue unabated,” Rollins said in the letter. “Your defiance of federal law has cost your state, which is bound by Title IX in educational programming. Today, I am freezing Maine’s federal funds for certain administrative and technological functions in schools.”

Biden Team Colluded with Smith to Target Trump

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Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) claim newly uncovered emails prove the Biden administration was working in collusion with “Special Prosecutor” Jack Smith to “lawfare” Donald Trump.

According to the letter sent by the two Senators, “Overall, these newly disclosed emails show the extensive collaboration between and among select FBI agents from the Washington Field Office and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Washington D.C. to plan, approve, and execute Arctic Frost. The emails also provide further support that ASAC Thibault played a central role in advancing its approval to a full field criminal investigation when other agents had concerns the supporting evidence only allowed for a preliminary investigation.”

“Lastly, the emails illustrate the Biden White House’s personal involvement in providing President Trump and former Vice President Pence’s phones to the FBI at their request when neither of them was a subject of the investigation at that point in time.”

Smoking Gun Emerges Proving Biden White House Directly Involved with Jack Smith’s Anti-Trump ‘Investigation’– slaynews.com
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Newly uncovered emails have emerged that prove former President Joe Biden’s White House was directly involved in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s anti-Trump Jan. 6 “investigation.”

Two Republican U.S. senators revealed that the uncovered emails show the Biden administration played a direct role in assisting Smith.

Smith led the criminal investigation into the “insurrection” hoax related to President Donald Trump’s actions surrounding January 6, 2021.

According to a letter sent this week by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Biden’s White House Counsel’s Office provided cell phone records belonging to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Trump DOJ Checkmates Judge in Latest Filing in Alleged MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Deportation Case | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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The Trump DOJ opposed requests in alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s motion for additional relief.

On Friday, US District Judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, Paula Xinis set a new hearing in the case of alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia after the Supreme Court ruled the US must facilitate his return from El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, photo via Murray Osorio PLLC immigration law firm.

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the US to facilitate the return of alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The ruling was unanimous. There was no dissent.

Trump Admin Clears Major Deportation Hurdle With Another Court Victory– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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A federal judge has upheld a Trump Administration policy that allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out enforcement operations at churches and other places of worship, representing another major court victory for the administration as it seeks to accelerate its mass deportation operations.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, who was appointed by Trump during his first term in the White House, denied a request from more than two dozen Jewish and Christian organizations to block the policy. In a lawsuit brought forward by the groups, they argued that the policy infringes on religious freedom and was causing a drop in attendance at religious services, especially among illegal aliens who fear potential deportation.

“That evidence suggests that congregants are staying home to avoid encountering ICE in their own neighborhoods, not because churches or synagogues are locations of elevated risk,” Friedrich wrote in her ruling.

The Washington-based judge found that the plaintiffs lack standing after finding little evidence that the administration was singling out places of worship. She also rejected the claim that the policy could be blamed for drops in attendance, noting that only a handful of immigration enforcement operations have taken place in and around churches or other places of worship.

Obama Judge Blocks Trump Removing TPS from 500K Migrants– slaynews.com

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President Donald Trump continues fighting multiple legal battles to fulfill his promises to the American people.

These battles are mostly against activist federal judges who are working overtime to stop the president from exercising his executive authority.

According to Breitbart, that was evidenced once again this week as an Obama-appointed federal judge “blocked the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants with temporary protected status (TPS) after it was revoked.”

The ruling is the latest in efforts to wage “lawfare” against Trump and his administration on the deportation front and his broader immigration policies.

It came in the wake of the Trump administration’s removal of TPS from nearly 500,000 immigrants.

The Trump Administration Just Shut Down a Judge Regarding the Deported Illegal Alien Case– townhall.com

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… Right now, the deportation of Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien with reported MS-13 ties who was deported to El Salvador is the latest duel between Trump and the lefty legal community. They want Trump to return this man. The liberal media reported that the Supreme Court ordered Trump to do so, but that’s not what the ruling said. It was nuanced, with key passages dedicated to how district courts overreached in this matter:

The intended scope of the term “effectuate” in the District Court’s order is, however, unclear, and may exceed the District Court’s authority. The District Court should clarify its directive, with due regard for the deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign affairs.

So, on that matter, Trump’s team took a blowtorch to this case. The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland broke down the new filings, responding to a motion for additional relief from Garcia’s wife [emphasis mine]:

Trump Administration begins noting that Court invited the Motion Garcia filed for “additional relief,” and that the relief sought seeks to micromanage diplomatic relations…It does.

Trump Administration argues the relief would violate SCOTUS directive to respect Article II authority.

Trump Administration then walks Judge through what SCOTUS actually ordered which was NOT an affirmance as she and Garcia continue to inaccurately claim. Here, Trump Administration stressed points I made earlier concerning what SCOTUS said

SCOTUS’ Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis– thefederalist.com

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The Supreme Court has interceded six times in less than three months to rein in federal judges who improperly exceeded their Article III authority and infringed on the Article II authority of President Donald Trump. Yet the high court continues to issue mealy-mouthed opinions which serve only to exacerbate the ongoing battle between the Executive and Judicial branches of government. And now there is a constitutional crisis primed to explode this week in a federal court in Maryland over the removal of an El Salvadoran — courtesy of the justices’ latest baby-splitting foray on Thursday.

On Thursday last, in Noem v. Garcia, the Supreme Court issued a short two-page order on President Trump’s application asking the justices to vacate an injunction issued by Maryland federal judge Paula Xinis. That injunction, issued on April 4, 2025, ordered the Trump Administration “to facilitate and effectuate the return of Plaintiff Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7, 2025.” The lower court further held that the “preliminary relief is issued to restore the status quo and to preserve Abrego Garcia’s access to due process in accordance with the Constitution and governing immigration statutes.”

After the Fourth Circuit refused to stay Judge Xinis’ order, the Trump Administration filed an application with the Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay followed by vacatur of the injunction. In its application, the Trump Administration acknowledged that Garcia had been wrongly removed to El Salvador, agreeing that there was an order barring Garcia’s return to his native homeland. However, the Trump Administration stressed that the order also concluded Garcia, as an alien illegally present in the United States, was subject to removal under federal law — just not to El Salvador. The immigration judge also rejected Garcia’s petition for asylum and for withholding of removal under CAT, or the Convention Against Torture. The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld those decisions.

Further, while Garcia had been wrongly removed to El Salvador, the Trump Administration argued that Judge Xinis lacked the authority to order him to “facilitate and effectuate” Garcia’s return. First, it was not for a federal judge to tell the Executive branch how to engage in diplomatic relations. And second, the president lacks the ability to control a foreign sovereign, making it impossible for him to “effectuate” Garcia’s return to the United States. Finally, Judge Xinis’ order improperly directs the Trump Administration to admit Garcia even though he is a member of MS-13, which has been designated a terrorist organization.

Despite two major SCOTUS wins, the showdown between Trump and the Judges Continues

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As Donald Trump sees SCOTUS rescue him from two district court rulings, judges seem hardly in the mood to relent on their assault on the executive branch. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik added to the fire by claiming he was trying to tamp down the fire, claiming “It’s OK to criticize our rulings, that’s perfectly alright. But there’s no need to refer to a judge as a radical left-wing lunatic. It breeds threats of violence against judges.”

Stephen Miller may be answering this judge when he responded to another district judge using an emergency injunction to halt national law beyond their district jurisdiction. He said, “This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue Marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”

Stephen Miller slams judge for ‘judicial tyranny’ over blocking Trump admin’s removal of TPS for Venezuelans | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue Marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”

On Monday, a US District judge in San Francisco, California, granted a motion to postpone the Trump administration’s attempt to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan nationals. TPS was originally granted under a program implemented by the Biden administration. The lawsuit was filed by seven Venezuelan nationals who claimed the decision to revoke their TPS status was “racially biased.”

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller called the ruling “judicial tyranny.” He posted on X, “This is what we mean by judicial tyranny. Biden mass imported illegals from Venezuela, including criminals, gave them welfare and social security numbers. President Trump won an election promising to end the invasion. A rogue Marxist judge just ordered Biden’s amnesty continued.”

According to Fox News, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem had previously announced actions to strip approximately 350,000 Venezuelan nationals of their protection under the TPS program, which had allowed them to live and work temporarily in the US.

However, the court claimed that by Noem stripping the Venezuelans of their TPS status, she is subjecting them to “possible imminent deportation” back to their country, which has been classified by the US State Department as a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” country due to the “high risk of wrongful detentions, terrorism, kidnapping, the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, [and] poor health infrastructure.”

The Biden administration’s temporary protections of Venezuelan nationals have been in place since 2021.

US District Judge Edward Chen of the San Francisco Federal Court said, “The Court finds that the Secretary’s action threatens to: inflict irreparable harm on hundreds of thousands of persons whose lives, families, and livelihoods will be severely disrupted, cost the United States billions in economic activity, and injure public health and safety in communities throughout the United States.”

Chen added that the US government has failed to identify “any real countervailing harm” in continuing TPS for Venezuelan beneficiaries. He continued, “Plaintiffs have also shown they will likely succeed in demonstrating that the actions taken by the Secretary are unauthorized by law, arbitrary and capricious, and motivated by unconstitutional animus. For these reasons, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ request to postpone the challenged actions pending final adjudication of the merits of this case.”

Under the Biden administration, Venezuelan migrants were allowed to fly directly to the US after applying from abroad if they had American sponsors, under a policy that was designed to open pathways to legal immigration. Immigrants could then remain in the country for two years under a temporary immigration status. The program first applied to Venezuelans before it was expanded to Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. President Donald Trump suspended the program when he returned to the Oval Office in January.

Biden Judge Who Ordered Trump to Resume Funding to Left-Wing Illegal Immigration Groups – Including One She Worked For– gellerreport.com

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How was she not required to recuse herself? Clearly it is naked conflict of interest.

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin To Resume Funding Left-Wing Immigration Groups—Including Her Former Employer

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin’s work for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto could fuel calls for her recusal

‘We Were Prepared’ for ‘Radical Courts’ to Interfere with Deportation Efforts– www.breitbart.com

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During an interview with Thursday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration was prepared for liberal judges at the federal level interfering with deportation efforts.

Vance said the Trump administration was willing to litigate all the way to the Supreme Court.

“We can limit the jurisdiction of certain courts,” Vance said. “Even when certain courts make a ruling, say that you’re not allowed to deport a person for a certain reason, we can still deport that person for another reason. So it’s not like deportations have stopped, but yes, the radical courts are a problem. But our view here is we knew we were going to have this fight. We were prepared for it.”

 

Newt Gingrich Blasts the Left’s ‘Constitutional Crisis’ Over Out of Control Judges– lidblog.com

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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich testified before a House panel on Tuesday to warn of the “constitutional crisis” being forced on America thanks to the radical, out-of-control judges illegally attempting to crush a duly elected president.

Issa’s subcommittee held a joint hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday where Gingrich appeared.

“Fifteen district judges effectively seized control of various executive branch duties in the first six weeks of the current presidency through nationwide injunctions,” Gingrich explained. “This is potentially a judicial coup d’état and clearly violates the Constitution and more than 200 years of American history.”

Appeals court pauses block on Trump administration order to end CFPB– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in a March 28 opinion that the Trump administration couldn’t unilaterally shut down the CFPB, with the prospect being out of its jurisdiction. On Thursday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused Jackson’s halt. It clarified that its ruling didn’t regard the argument’s merits but rather allowed the courts more time to consider the matter.

A security officer works inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building headquarters on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

“The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion,” the panel wrote.

The CFPB will remain open and operative during the period of review.

The bureau was one of the earliest and most controversial targets of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) founded the bureau after the 2008 financial crisis to help consumers. Critics argued that it drifted from its original purpose, becoming an opaque agency that abused its authority, pursuing targets such as a community-focused financial lending company.

One of its critics, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), introduced legislation in February to abolish it altogether, saying it had gone “rogue.”