CFPB Official Under Fire for Past Writings on Race Resigns
National Mortgage News, May 15, 2019–Kate Berry (subscription)
Eric Blankenstein, the CFPB’s policy director for supervision, enforcement and fair lending, said in an email Wednesday to agency employees that he had decided to “take another position” after working at the bureau for 18 months. Blankenstein wrote that details of his next job “are still being finalized.” His last day at the CFPB will be May 31.
