Employees testified that CFPB leaders and Elon Musk's DOGE want to wind down the agency to five employees, the minimum required under law.

Staff at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington were told Wednesday that they must leave their current offices in the coming months and move into the building being vacated by the US Agency for International Development,

The Five’ panel examines the Democratic Party’s newest attack on DOGE head Elon Musk and the Trump administration goal of cutting waste.

His goal is to push the narrative that government workers are unnecessary, hoping to rally enough support for shrinking the government to the point where he and Donald Trump gain near-total control.