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Judge Denies Corporation For Public Broadcasting’s Motion In Trump Case, But Ruling Still Allows For Three Board Members To Remain — Update
The judge dealt a blow to public media efforts to maintain independence from the White House.
In declining to issue a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss wrote that the CPB had failed to meet the threshold to halt Trump’s effort to remove Sony’s Tom Rothman, as well as Laura Ross and Diane Kaplan. The CPB is the nonprofit corporation set up by Congress to distribute funds to public media, largely radio and TV stations. The CPB cited the Public Broadcasting Act, which forbids “any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States” from exercising “any direction, supervision, or control over .
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