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The Liquidator: Robert Bowes and the Death of Consumer Protection

The Liquidator: Robert Bowes and the Death of Consumer Protection

He doesn’t sabotage. He doesn’t rage. He unplugs.

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May 28, 2025
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He didn’t storm the Capitol. He didn’t scream on TV.
He co-authored the policy memo that dismantled the last firewall between working Americans and financial predators.

Robert Bowes is not a firebrand. He’s not even famous.
But the wreckage of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has his name all over it.

A former banker, a Trump1.0 bureaucrat, and co-a…

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