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Trump Fires US Copyright Office Chief Perlmutter, Politico Says

President Donald Trump fired the top official at the US Copyright Office on Saturday, Politico reported.

The termination of Shira Perlmutter on Saturday came two days after Trump fired the head of the Library of Congress, which has oversight of the copyright office, the report said. The White House did not respond to Politico’s request for comment on Perlmutter’s firing.