After abruptly firing the highly qualified, non-partisan longtime leaders of the Library of Congress and US Copyright Office, Donald Trump moved quickly to install loyalists with little relevant experience in their place. Todd Blanche, Trump’s personal attorney from his 2024 criminal trial and now Deputy Attorney General, was appointed acting Librarian of Congress. And Paul Perkins, an associate deputy attorney general, is acting register of copyrights and director of the Copyright Office. Additionally, Brian Nieves, a deputy chief of staff and senior counsel in Blanche’s office, was made acting assistant librarian at the LOC. The AP says, “The implications of […]
