By Benjamin Bain, Bloomberg News
Former presidential campaign manager Corey Lewandowski urged the Trump administration on Sunday to fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a sign that Republicans are stepping up attacks on the agency that’s targeted Wall Street conduct.
Without being asked about the agency in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Lewandowski said he wanted incoming White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to push for the firing of Director Richard Cordray, a Democrat mentioned as a possible candidate for Ohio governor in 2018.
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