Jake Pearson

NEW: A @DOGE aide who helped oversee the mass firings at the Consumer Protection Bureau owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling. https://t.co/GBxIL3Y4uV

RT @BrendanPedersen: News: CFPB reduction in force is underway at the agency, per several sources who have seen the notice sent out from ac…

NOT DEAD YET: Judge revives CFPB for now, says there’s “substantial risk” wo court ruling that Trump appointees will kill off agency “completely in violation of law well before the court can rule on the merits, and it will be impossible to rebuild.” https://t.co/q1oIHYlCJS

NEWSWORTHY: A DHS staffer is on administrative leave and is likely to lose security clearance after inadvertently including a reporter from a “conservative Washington-based print publication” on internal, “unclassified” email re: an ICE raid in Denver. @JuliaEAinsley

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The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration https://t.co/7PnFfyBv11

RT @AASchapiro: Last year, Marc Andreessen went on Rogan & accused the Consumer Fin Protection Bureau of terrorizing tech firms. It turns…

NEW/EXCLU: An investigatory freeze has set in at the CFPB, with dozens of pending probes stalled as the Trump Admin seeks to unwind the agency. Advocates fear the pullback tells industry that all bets are off — and to consumers that they’re on their own. https://t.co/WCSvWCSjdV

Despite court orders, the admin has withheld congressionally-appropriated spending. A court ruled today the government unfreeze it all. Experts say Trump is setting up a major legal battle — with grantees stuck in the middle. With @AnjeanetteDamon https://t.co/SEmJ8io5Wb

RT @JakePearsonProP: @timesunion editorial board, citing @propublica work, calls on @GovKathyHochul and Leg leaders to invest in proposed g…

RT @JakePearsonProP: MORE IMPACT: @NewYorkStateAG opens probe into private nonprofit guardians featured in our series, per people familiar.…

MORE IMPACT: @NewYorkStateAG opens probe into private nonprofit guardians featured in our series, per people familiar. Investigation comes as advocates await @GovKathyHochul budget. Will NY invest $$$ in the broken statewide system? https://t.co/HP7LmHyepW

How to secure a $240,000-a-year civil court judgeship in NYC? In the Bronx, @SamMellins and @ChrisBragg1 show hopefuls in non-competitive races pay hefty fees to political consulting firms tied to the party boss. https://t.co/MbUnXPt71O

MORE GUARDIANSHIP OVERSIGHT: Court officials appoint a special counsel, statewide judge to oversee reform of NY’s troubled system as pressure mounts on Albany to buoy the court-appointments with public funds. https://t.co/auO4OGEqL6

MORE: Chair of NYC Council’s Aging Committee, @crystalrhudson, has introduced a bill calling on @GovKathyHochul and Albany Leg to fix the broken guardianship system. It cites our reporting and suggests @projectguardNYC $15M/year nonprofit plan as a fix. https://t.co/pVDsqE97EN

STORY UPDATE: Following our inquiries, the guardian and the lender subject to the judge’s order in this article have cut checks to the woman we featured. That’s $10,400 in her bank account, plus an additional $2,500 to her husband.

Jake Pearson @JakePearsonProP

IMPACT: A judge ordered a major NYC guardian to return $ it took from a ward featured in our reporting while providing “few services, if any.” She says guardianship needs an overhaul: “maybe somewhere, down the line, somebody will do something about it.” https://t.co/KOewTXuyZQ

IMPACT: A judge ordered a major NYC guardian to return $ it took from a ward featured in our reporting while providing “few services, if any.” She says guardianship needs an overhaul: “maybe somewhere, down the line, somebody will do something about it.” https://t.co/KOewTXuyZQ

In @timesunion op-ed, @projectguardNYC and @jess_scarcella call for $15M in sustained guardianship funding, citing @propublica reporting: “The story echoed what many of us in the guardianship world have known all along: We need all hands on deck.” https://t.co/NufG1r8XAJ

NEW: A prolific NY guardian spent $1.5M of her wards’ money on her own company. Judges OKed the apparent conflict for years despite warnings. Under scrutiny, guardian has “dropped out of sight.” Latest on broken guardianship system spotlights judges. https://t.co/Qcik4jiCPv