Trump Installs Top Justice Dept. Official at Library of Congress, Prompting a Standoff
www.nytimes.com
The president named Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, as the acting librarian. But staff members refused access to two department officials he chose for key roles at Congress’s main research arm.

Staff members at the Library of Congress denied access on Monday to two Justice Department officials who had been tapped for top positions there as part of a shake-up initiated by President Trump, according to two people familiar with the situation

The Library of Congress is under congressional control, and Trump doesn’t have the power to replace key officials there until their term expires.

    • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
      6·
      20 hours ago

      Technically, one of them holds a different office, just not the one he tried to barge into unofficially.

      • mr_jawa@lemmy.world
        6·
        14 hours ago

        So not officials. A university employee is not an official at a different university for example.

        • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
          11·
          11 hours ago

          They ARE a govt official tho, which is really only as far as the definition differentiate iirc. It’s just the librarians at The Library of Congress actually understand the separation of powers. So the title really should read something more like this

          “Overreaching Deputy AG and accompanying goons barred access to Library of Congress”

          Just gotta be specific about what part of the govt these shitheads work for