A member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency allegedly kept CFPB staffers working for 36 hours straight to send out mass layoff notices at the agency, screaming at those he thought were

President Donald Trump 's attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was paused on Friday by a federal judge, who said she was “deeply concerned” about the plan and issued an order warning that administration officials appeared to be “thumbing their nose” at the courts.

The agency, which has returned $21 billion to consumers since its inception, could lose 1,500 of its 1,700 employees, a union warned.