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Cops scuffle with Trump picks at Copyright Office after AI report stuns tech industry.

Perlmutter's firing followed Donald Trump's removal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who, NPR noted, was the first African American to hold the post. The Library of Congress houses the Copyright Office, and critics suggested Trump's firings were unacceptable intrusions into cultural institutions that are supposed to operate independently of the executive branch. In a statement, Rep. Joe Morelle (D.-N.Y.) condemned Perlmutter's removal as "a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis."

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