Trump Is Coming After the U.S. Copyright Office!
Trump is pushing the Supreme Court to let him fire a Library of Congress official who challenged big tech's interest in A.I. in a report.
In a stunning power grab, Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office — even though a lower court ruled that she doesn’t answer to the White House.
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The official, Shira Perlmutter, heads the U.S. Copyright Office, part of the legislative branch that serves Congress.
Trump dismissed her after she released a report warning that AI companies using copyrighted material to train their models should be required to pay for it.
According to her lawsuit, Trump “allegedly disagreed” with that conclusion — and moved to oust her after she challenged the tech industry’s free ride on artists’ work.
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This case isn’t just about one official.
It’s part of a broader Trump pattern: trying to purge independent experts and watchdogs who don’t bend to political pressure.
But this one cuts even deeper — because it tests whether the president can reach into Congress itself and fire someone who reports to the people’s branch, not the Oval Office.
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