The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spent much of Thursday dropping cases against companies accused of illegally steering borrowers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved to dismiss cases against companies accused of illegally steering mortgage borrowers, issuing improper loans, and cheating depositors out of billions of dollars .

The blitz of dropped cases happened while Jonathan McKernan , the nominee to run the agency, faced senators in his confirmation hearing.

The CFPB had also closed out contracts with expert witnesses who would have testified in these cases, a sign that they were not interested in moving forward on them.

McKernan said in his confirmation hearing that “I’m fully committed to following the law fully and faithfully”.