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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Fired US librarian of Congress details callous dismissal in new interview

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Carla Hayden after taking the oath of office, in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, on 14 September 2016. Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

The first woman and African American to serve as the US librarian of Congress before Donald Trump fired her in May has not heard from the president’s administration beyond the 31-word email it sent her with word of her dismissal, she has revealed in her first interview since her ouster.

“No one has talked to me directly at all from the White House,” Carla Hayden says in an interview airing on the upcoming CBS News Sunday Morning. “I’ve received no communication directly, except for that one email.

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