WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has designated White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until a permanent director is nominated and confirmed, the White House said on Friday. The six-year-old bureau, which has been controversial since its creation, had been led by Richard Cordray, who formally resigned on Friday. 
Trump names White House budget director Mulvaney acting head of consumer agency