An advisor to President Trump who called for the firing of CFPB Director Richard Cordray owned a lobbying firm that represented payday lenders, according to records on file with the Senate.
Corey Lewandowski incongruously told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that one of the top moves that new White House Chief-of-Staff retired General John Kelly should make is to convince Trump to fire Cordray.
The comments seemed out of place, based on other issues Kelly faces, so host Chuck Todd pressed Lewandowski about whether he had any clients with business before the CFPB.
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