washington mick mulvaney white house budget chief act director consumer financial protection bureau cfpb say monday intention fire leandra english attempt block take control agency former cfpb head richard cordray name english lead bureau follow resignation last month appointment mire turmoil u.s. president donald trump assign mulvaney role u.s. district court judge last week side trump say law give mulvaney right lead consumer finance watchdog english challenge decision news brief cfpb monday mulvaney tell reporters would absolutely consider fire english would like continue serve deputy director direct contact english could immediately reach comment lawyer deepak gupta since arrive cfpb mulvaney implement hire freeze suspend new regulations 30 days monday say also review 100 pending enforcement action include litigation well private settlement talk investigations decline comment specific case say two litigation action ask delay separately cite cfpb case mortgage company phh corp phh.n one issue without elaborate budget chief say data security also top priority instruct bureau stop collect personally identifiable information data security problems highlight bureau independent audit office address mulvaney week bring republican congressional lawyer brian johnson senior adviser plan quickly bring board political hire help review bureau exist pending regulations budget chief say go get weed something enjoy budget agency ... fund structure personnel type things add trump want move expeditiously name permanent replacement senate confirmation process likely take time mulvaney expect interim role seven months say interview reuters english expect formally file preliminary injunction mulvaney trump week accord court file mulvaney say plan fire u.s. consumer bureau 's english