The removed content includes press releases, consumer guidelines, congressional testimony, speeches, and blog posts, all of which were published before President Donald Trump’s second term, according to the report.
The Guardian counted the deletions by comparing the CFPB’s existing website to versions captured by the Internet Archive’s “Wayback Machine” and a CFPB mirror site created by a former CFPB employee, the report said.
The publication’s review of metadata for archived posts found that the most common topics in deleted posts were enforcement, mortgages, banking, and rulemaking.
Some of the deleted pages could be accessed from an archived site hosted by a third-party vendor, to which the CFPB provides a link on its website, according to the report.
The Guardian report noted that Bloomberg had previously reported that the CFPB had deleted website content.
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Bloomberg Law I mentioned May 20 that all newsroom items published before February 2025 were removed from the CFPB website in May, that the CFPB home page was removed in February 2025 and replaced with a portal for consumers to file complaints about financial products or services, and that congressionally mandated reporting and historical enforcement actions remained on the site.
It was reported on May 12 that CFPB staff were returning to the office more than a year after the White House closed the office. Financial regulatorHeadquarters in Washington.
Administration officials said they scaled back their plans to cut CFPB staff after calling for eliminating the agency. According to the report, these efforts were blocked by court order.
However, many CFPB employees have left the agency amid job cuts and an uncertain future, and staffing levels have fallen by 30% since Trump returned to office last year.
The White House said in February that the CFPB has cost consumers at least $237 billion since the agency launched in 2011. Much of that cost is due to Regulatory burden Enforced by the CFPB, the agency’s regulations have increased compliance and liability costs associated with financial products.
