Hardball politics at play in leadership changes at PCAOB, CFPB
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-06-08T19:48:00
No federal agency is truly immune from politics—even the ones that are supposed to be independent. That is what’s playing out at the PCAOB and CFPB as Democrats utilize similar tactics coined by their Republican counterparts.
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