President Donald Trump is nominating Jonathan McKernan to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing Rohit Chopra.

A source familiar with the matter confirmed with the Washington Examiner Trump’s decision to nominate McKernan, who previously served as a Republican director on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and stepped down on Monday.

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