Three Corporation for Public Broadcasting members whom President Donald Trump fired in April have refused to leave their positions.
CPB board members Diane Kaplan, Laura Ross, and Thomas Rothman were terminated in April, yet all three have continued to show up to work. They refuse to vacate their positions, according to a complaint filed by the Department of Justice on Tuesday. Kaplan, Ross, and Rothman are the three Democrats on the CPB’s five-member board.
They received emails on April 28 from Trent Morse, White House deputy director of presidential personnel, informing them they were no longer employed, the Washington Post reported.
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“On behalf of President Donald Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is terminated effective immediately,”
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