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Sony Film Chief Tom Rothman Sues White House Over Firing From Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board


Tom Rothman, the film chair at Sony Pictures, and two other Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members sued over their ouster.

Tom Rothman, the film chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, sued President Trump and other White House officials Tuesday over his ouster from the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Rothman and two other board members, Laura Ross and Diane Kaplan, were notified in an email on Monday that their positions were “terminated effective immediately.” In the complaint, the plaintiffs argue that Congress created the CPB as an independent, non-profit corporation in order to insulate it from political interference.

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