“President Trump’s decision to fire CFPB Director Rohit Chopra marks the end of an era of strong consumer protection and the beginning of a plan to end this important agency,” Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, said in a statement.

Chopra, a Sen. Elizabeth Warren protege, was a surprising holdover from the Biden administration, given that many appointees resigned as Trump entered office.

In a familiar move, President Donald Trump has designated the current head of another executive agency, this time newly sworn in Secretary of the Department of the Treasury Scott Bessent to simultaneously lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an acting capacity.