In the nearly six months since White House budget director Mick Mulvaney took over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency has abandoned more enforcement cases than it has brought in federal court.

That fact, made apparent by the lack of any new enforcement actions under his tenure, has fed the perception that Mulvaney is slamming the brakes at an agency widely known for its aggressive policing of the financial sector.

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