le andra english is suing to stop the president from installing his budget director as head of the watch dog agency, declaring the appointment unlawful and calling herself the rightful director. the lawsuit is seeking legal clarity within the agency. a source close to mulvaney tells cnn that he will show up for work today at the agency expecting a normal transition rather than a showdown for power. president trump's decision also controversial. mulvaney has been a harsh critic which was created after the global economic crisis in 2008. it is designed to protect consumers from predatory financial constitutions. >> it's a wonderful example of how a bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody. it turns up being a joke. that's what it has been in a sick, sad kind of way. >> reporter: mulvaney also voted to end the bureau, working with the president to roll back some of the agency's power, even slamming the agency before the senate budget committee back in january. >> they are run by essentially a one-person dictator believes he can't even be fired by the president but fo