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Mick Mulvaney moves to take reins at consumer bureau amid legal dispute over who is acting director

WASHINGTON - Mick Mulvaney arrived at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday morning to take the reins as acting director amid a legal dispute over the leadership of the independent agency.

Mulvaney, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget who was tapped by President Donald Trump to be acting bureau director, arrived at the agency's headquarters about 7:20 a.m. Eastern time, according to Ed Mierzwinski of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.

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