Mick Mulvaney gives lobbying advice to bankers, further infuriating consumer advocates
WASHINGTON - The nation's acting consumer financial watchdog delivered some good news and lobbying advice this week to the bankers he regulates: He would like to cut off public access to a database of consumer complaints and suggested the industry donate to lawmakers to persuade them to weaken his agency's authority.
The comments by Mick Mulvaney, in a speech to a banking trade group, infuriated Democrats and consumer advocates who have complained that President Donald Trump's handpicked chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is serving the industry instead of average Americans.
In a speech to the American Bankers Association, Mulvaney indicated he would eliminate the public's ability to see the bureau's extensive online database of complaints about credit cards and
