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Thursday, November 30, 2017

GOP chairman demands answers on how Leandra English got job at CFPB


It turns out that Leandra English is a recent hire at the CFPB, parachuting in after a stint as a political appointee at the Office of Personnel Management and getting the job at CFPB shortly after President Trump was elected.

A top Republican demanded answers Wednesday on how Leandra English, the woman Democrats are pushing to be acting director of the government’s top consumer advocacy agency, managed to “burrow” into her job and outlast the Obama administration.

Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Ms. English held a political job at the Office of Personnel Management but managed to convert herself to a career civil service position early this year at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The process is called “burrowing,” and it is generally frowned upon, though it does happen somewhat regularly.

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