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Democrats seek info on CFPB official’s ties to Christian group

Paul Watkins spent three years at the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom

Updated | A group of Democrats, including presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are continuing to pressure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a senior official’s ties to a conservative Christian group.

In a letter sent Wednesday to CFPB Director Kathleen Kraninger, Warren — along with Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthiof Illinois, Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts and Katie Porter of California — demanded documents related to hiring Paul Watkins as director of the Office of Innovation, which has the power to grant fintech firms limited immunity from consumer protection laws.

“We have grave concerns about Mr. Watkins holding the authority to waive anti-discrimination laws given his prior employment at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) — a group that has been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center,” they wrote.

View the complete August 15 article by Jim Saksa on The Roll Call website here.

BREAKING: Trump Administration Pushes to Advance Wardlow’s Discrimination Case to U.S. Supreme Court

The Trump Administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a case Doug Wardlow originally argued, to allow LGBTQ people to be fired for who they are

MINNESOTA – Yesterday, the Trump Administration asked the United States Supreme Court to take up a case and rule that businesses can discriminate against workers based on their gender identity without violating federal law. The case the Trump Administration is asking the Court to consider was originally argued by Doug Wardlow on behalf of the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-LGBTQ hate group, to uphold the discriminatory firing of a funeral home employee in Michigan.

The following is a statement from Sam Fettig, Communications Director for Keith Ellison for Attorney General: Continue reading “BREAKING: Trump Administration Pushes to Advance Wardlow’s Discrimination Case to U.S. Supreme Court”