“RIP CFPB,” Musk posted on X last week, alongside a tombstone emoji.

About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers getting ripped off by mortgages,

Senator Elizabeth Warren accused Elon Musk and Donald Trump of leaving American consumers completely exposed to financial exploitation after “illegally shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).