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A federal judge has temporarily blocked efforts by the Trump administration to terminate 90% of the workforce of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The Hill reports US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has stopped the agency from today’s plan to disconnecting employees’ computer access until a hearing is held later this month.

“It’s not going to happen in the meantime,” said Jackson, an Obama administration appointee. “We’re not going to disburse 1,483 people into the universe and have them be unable to communicate with the agency anymore until we have determined whether that is lawful or not.”

Last month, Jackson ruled against the administration by blocking its efforts to dismantle the CFPB. Although an appeals court partially paused Jackson’s order, the administration is not able to enact a workforce reduction without a “particularized assessment” that laid off employees were not needed for carrying out statutory duties.

In February, Jackson halted efforts by the administration to lay off a majority of the CFPB workforce.

Ahead of today’s ruling, CFPB Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta said the agency’s leadership determined they could operate with only 200 employees.

“An approximately 200-person agency allows the Bureau to fulfill its statutory duties and better aligns with the new leadership’s priorities and management philosophy,” Paoletta wrote in a sworn statement.

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