In less than a day last month, President Trump tried to fire three companies for members of the Public Broadcasting Commission, Doge staff also tried to assign a team to review its business.

CPB leaders denied the claim, citing federal law establishing independent nonprofits outside federal control. The request comes as the president launches a widespread attack on two of the country's largest public broadcasters. Meanwhile, the informal government efficiency department is trying to embed itself in many independent institutions Trump wants to close.

The revelations are in court filing Friday, filed in lawsuits filed by CPB in a bid to challenge Trump's efforts to remove him on April 28.

Nate Cavanaugh, a Governor General Staff of the Governor Services Administration, sent an email to two board members whom Trump did not target, demanding a meeting before the initial court hearing in the CPB case, according to the document.

"I want to learn more about the public broadcaster and discuss assigning a team of governors to the organization," Cavanaugh wrote in an April 29 email.

Evan Slavitt, CPB executive vice president and general counsel, reiterated the organization's position that federal law states that CPB "will not be an agency or establishment of the U.S. government."

"So there is no role to monitor or CPB-related activities, as a result," Slavitt wrote.

Slavitt also said the "Battleway Email" has been sent to two email addresses that are only used by CPB's expense reimbursement system and are not a way to contact board members.

The Trump administration believes the constitution gives the president "the right to remove personnel who exercise his administration," White House spokesman Taylor Rogers previously told NPR.

The law seems to be another.

Federal law clarifies the structure and independence of CPB

In part of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, the regulation does not allow “any department, agency, official or employee of the United States” to exercise any guidance, overseeing or controlling the company, or control over the company or any of its grantees or any of its grantees or contractors. ”

The leaders of the three organizations said the directive was also illegal, citing part of the bill to “providing maximum protection of the CPB to prevent external interference and control.”

The law also says that funds allocated by Congress and allocated by the CPB “can be used at the discretion of the recipient” and states that the percentage of the funds can be used for public television, local and national public radio stations.

Congress allocated $535 million to the CPB this fiscal year, a figure that remains unchanged in the latest Stopgap spending plan, with all but two Republican lawmakers voting in March. The president has expressed interest in asking Congress to solicit funds using a process called revocation, although the request has not been made and approval cannot be guaranteed.

The executive order also directs federal agencies to end any “direct or indirect” funding from NPR and PBS. Last week, the Ministry of Education notified CPB that it is terminating its “ready to learn” grant for educational television programming.

In asking the court to block Trump's attempted removal of the board member, the CPB said that if the shooting is retained, there will be no quorum for any business, noting that the meetings previously considered Tuesday, May 13 will include legislative communication plans with Congress, pending and potential litigation, and approve legislative communication plans for grants.

“Without a legally composed board, it cannot approve or give instructions on any of these issues,” the filing reads.

Although the CPB says it is not subject to the president's power, it is worth noting that without a quorum, the board of directors will not be able to issue Trump's executive order, allegedly seeking to allegedly seek grants to the PBS and NPR.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled to take place on May 14.

Disclosure: This story was reported by NPR reporter Stephen Fowler and edited by Padmananda Rama, Emily Kopp, Vickie Walton-James and Gerry Holmes. According to NPR's reporting agreement, no company officials or news executives reviewed the story before it was published publicly.

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