CPB sues Trump over attempted firing of board members
CPB is suing President Trump and other administration officials over an email that aimed to terminate three of its board members.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., said that board members Laura G. Ross, Diane Kaplan and Tom Rothman received emails Monday from the deputy director of presidential personnel for the executive office of the president that said their positions at CPB were terminated.
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