Consumers claimed that a defect in a popular stroller led to crashes, broken bones, and gashed faces - but Trump's CPSC reportedly refused to take action

The CPSC is an independent government agency that is responsible for developing product safety standards. Presidents appoint partisan commissioners, who serve seven-year terms. The president also selects the five-person commission's chairperson.

The CPSC launched an investigation into Britax's BOB single- and double-occupant jogging strollers, as consumers issued 200 reports of "spontaneous failure" of the stroller's wheel between 2012 and 2018. Those reports described over 100 injuries of adults and children, including gruesome details like broken bones, torn-up faces, and shattered teeth.

Britax and the CPSC did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

The commission brought a lawsuit against the manufacturer in February 2018, after the company refused to launch a voluntary recall of the strollers the year before.

But in November, the commission reached a settlement with Britax. Instead of recalling the product, the company agreed to post a video about the strollers as part of an "information campaign" and offer affected consumers replacement parts and discounts for a year.

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"I can't quite overstate how far this settlement departs from what is usual standard practice in a corrective action plan for a manufacturer," Nancy Cowles, the executive director of child-focused consumer protection group Kids in Danger, told Business Insider.

Democratic commissioners Robert Adler and Elliot Kaye, who voted against their three Republican colleagues, also voiced criticisms of the decision in a dissent.

"We regret this not only because we believe consumers will come up short in terms of safety, but also because we fear that other respondents will invoke this agreement as a precedent in future recalls, thereby lessening safety for far more consumers than are affected by this agreement," Adler and Kaye wrote.