PBS Parent Sues Trump For Illegally Firing Its Board

The New York Times reports:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of the company’s board. In the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, the media organization said the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated. The administration did not offer any justification for the dismissals.

The lawsuit argues that President Trump does not have the authority to fire directors from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which an act of Congress created more than a half-century ago. The suit asks the federal court to block the firings. “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is not a government entity, and its board members are not government officers,” the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said in a statement.

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