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Renewed Calls For CFPB Director To Be Fired

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Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, delivers remarks during a public meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission at the United States Treasury on June 29, 2016 in Washington. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, delivers remarks during a public meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission at the United States Treasury on June 29, 2016 in Washington. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

There have been more calls for the Trump administration to fire Richard Cordray, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Among Corday's critics is former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who spoke on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday.

NPR's Chris Arnold (@Chris_ArnoldNPR) joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to talk about the CFPB's mission and why some Republicans see Cordray as a threat.

This segment aired on August 1, 2017.

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