Trump fires head of US copyright office

The Trump administration fired the top US copyright official in an email from the White House on Saturday, a US Copyright Office spokesperson confirmed. The firing of Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter follows President Donald Trump’s termination of US Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Friday. The Copyright Office is a department of the Library of Congress.

Spokespeople for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Perlmutter’s firing on Monday.

Democratic US Senators Adam Schiff of California and Chuck…