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Justice Department Files Complaint Against Former Members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Justice.gov ^ | July 15, 2025 | DOJ Office of Public Affairs

Posted on 07/16/2025 6:45:42 AM PDT by ransomnote

WASHINGTON – Today, the Justice Department filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C. against three former members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for refusing to vacate their offices after being removed by President Donald J. Trump.

The subjects of this complaint have continued to operate in office despite their removal and subsequent failure to obtain legal relief protecting their old positions. This litigation reflects the Department’s ongoing commitment to protecting the President’s core Article II powers, which include the authority to make personnel decisions regarding those occupying federal offices.

The complaint asks the court to declare that the former members have not lawfully served on the board since their removals, to enjoin the former members from serving on the board, and to order the former members to refund any compensation during their unlawful terms of service.

Read the full complaint here.

Updated July 15, 2025


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: trustsessions

1 posted on 07/16/2025 6:45:42 AM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

They should be incarcerated for their failure to respect the memory of John Phillip Sousa.


2 posted on 07/16/2025 6:48:03 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: ransomnote

Demolish the building overnight.

Case closed!


3 posted on 07/16/2025 6:48:59 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: ransomnote

Change the lock and access cards.


4 posted on 07/16/2025 6:49:07 AM PDT by Dacula (I went to the paint store to get thinner... It didn't work.)
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To: ransomnote

Turn off the Air Conditioning...................


5 posted on 07/16/2025 6:49:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ransomnote
....and to order the former members to refund any compensation during their unlawful terms of service.

I don't get this. Who is authorizing money to be deposited into their accounts, and why don't whomever those people are just stop doing it?

I suppose there's an explanation for that, but the way the article is written it is difficult to know.

6 posted on 07/16/2025 6:50:26 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: Red Badger

Have them arrested for trespassing?


7 posted on 07/16/2025 6:50:45 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ransomnote

They should also pay all legal costs back to the government.


8 posted on 07/16/2025 6:52:33 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: NorthMountain

Only if they refuse to leave. Cut off all electricity, phone, internet and water, then jam the cell signals so they can’t use their cellphones.

Without Facebook they are powerless.................


9 posted on 07/16/2025 6:57:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: NorthMountain
Have them arrested for trespassing?

I was thinking the same thing, wondering what the hell the government is doing going back to court.

After all, handcuffs work. So do door keys.

10 posted on 07/16/2025 6:58:27 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Dacula

This and stop paying them, cancel their corporate credit cards and ask the Sheriff to physically remove them and charge them with trespassing.


11 posted on 07/16/2025 6:58:43 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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To: ransomnote
Three: Ross, Rothman, and Kaplan.

12 posted on 07/16/2025 7:00:05 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: ransomnote

If this is true - Someone in Trumps group is incompetent.


13 posted on 07/16/2025 7:04:19 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: ransomnote

I hope they nail some of those Sesame Street characters.


14 posted on 07/16/2025 7:11:20 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you have asylum in the U.S. and you go home to visit family, is it like violating a Protect Order)
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To: ransomnote

“Walk” them out of their offices.


15 posted on 07/16/2025 7:12:55 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger
Only if they refuse to leave.

They're already been told to leave and not come back ...

16 posted on 07/16/2025 7:16:33 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Elmo will pay for his crimes.


17 posted on 07/16/2025 7:47:42 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO ODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Yeah, fix the glitch


18 posted on 07/16/2025 8:01:25 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: ransomnote
to order the former members to refund any compensation during their unlawful terms of service.

Why are they still being paid?

They need to have their key cards immediately de-activated and told to meet security in the parking lot who will hand them their personal stuff. Case closed.

This is what is done in the private sector at my daughter's company. No way are are terminated employees allowed back into the building.

19 posted on 07/16/2025 8:34:54 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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