The head of the House minority, Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), said the Democrats will examine President Donald Trump’s decision to dismiss the Librarian of the Congress Carla D. Hayden, saying that “the dispute will be assessed strongly”.
“To go ahead, I think what is clear is that perhaps the executive power should be withdrawn from the process,” said Jeffries to a press conference on Tuesday, adding that there should be a change to take into account the possibility of an “out-of-control” which “abuses the authority he has in this case was given by the states of the units congress”. The congress library is part of the legislative power.
The White House dismissed Hayden last week and declared on Monday that it named the deputy prosecutor Todd Blanche to take over the concert on an temporary basis, encouraging the Democrats to the Congress and even certain Republicans to question the constitutionality of the president’s actions. The head of majority in the Senate, John Thune (R-SD), admitted on Monday that there could be a problem of separation of powers when he declared that the leaders of the congress “wanted to ensure that we follow the previous one and the procedure” to name a librarian replacement of the congress.
The best Democrat of the Chamber Committee which oversees the Congress Library, representative Joe Morelle (D-NY), sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Congress Library to ask the office to look into if Trump’s White House has broken the legislative branch with the dismissal and the appointment of an interim director.
On Thursday, Hayden was dismissed from his post by Trent Morse, assistant director of the White House staff.
“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I write to you to inform you that your position as a librarian in the congress is terminated immediately,” said the e-mail, according to a screenshot published by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM).
“Thank you for your service,” continued the email, quoting any cause for its withdrawal.
The dismissal is unusual because the congress library rarely gets a new high -level librarian. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, Hayden was the first African-American woman and the first woman to be the head of the institution. His predecessor was appointed in 1987.
“The problem we are facing at the moment in this congress is that the Republicans of the Chamber and the Senate Republicans are nothing more than a rubber stamp in accordance with the extreme agenda of Donald Trump,” said Jeffries at his press conference on Tuesday. “They are not a check and a balance. They do not work for the American people. They actually work for an executive branch outside control. Now is the Congress Library, not the Library of the Executive Branch. There is therefore clearly the end of reforms at this time. ”
Jeffries added: “The president probably violated the law.”
The questions surrounding the legality or constitutionality of Trump’s actions here are really troubled, but Jeffries noted the mystery around the sudden dismissal of Hayden. This also occurs at a time when the Trump administration takes a hammer to the constitutional separation of the powers in other areas, including by its Doges cuts and as its administration ignores certain court decisions.
“What cause did he have to dismiss Dr. Hayden?” ” He asked. “There is no cause. Everything is invented madness. “
The unprecedented dismissal of Hayden and the dubious appointment of the former personal lawyer of Trump – rendered – Bloche – Blanche, as ASS assistant, are confirmed in the Senate so that he can serve as an acting civil servant – in this position triggered an outcry of other Democrats in the Chamber.
“His dismissal of Donald Trump, who knows little about the congress and less on libraries, is a scandal exposing his contempt for learning, literature and knowledge,” said representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) in an article on social networks on Friday.
All colleagues Marylanders can be proud of Dr. Carla Hayden, who has shown remarkable leadership as a librarian in the congress. His dismissal by Donald Trump, who knows little about the congress and less on libraries, is a scandal exposing his contempt for learning, …
– Rep. Jamie Raskin (@repraskin) May 9, 2025
“His dismissal is not only an affront to his historic service, but a direct attack on the independence of one of our most revered institutions,” said representative Rosa Delauro (D-CT) in a press release.
