El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump despidió abruptamente a la bibliotecaria del Congreso, Carla Hayden, mientras la

President Donald Trump named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting librarian of Congres. Carla Hayden, who started at the Chicago Public Library before going on to head the Library of Congress,

Since returning to office in January, Trump has purged officials he regards as opposed to him and to his agenda. Hayden, nominated by President Barack Obama in 2015 and confirmed on a 74-18 Senate vote the following year, named Perlmutter as head of the Copyright Office in 2020.

The day after firing the Librarian of Congress, the president also fired the nation’s top copyright official. It's worth considering why.