Facing Trump threat, CPB amends bylaws to protect directors from removal

Current · Austin Fuller · last updated May 16, 2025 – 9:14 AM

CPB amended its bylaws Thursday to say that no one, including the president, can remove its directors without a vote of approval from at least two-thirds of the other directors.

CPB’s board approved the change following a hearing Wednesday in the corporation’s case against President Donald Trump. The judge conducting the hearing suggested such a move.

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